LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Naming Ceremonies: Lerwick and Dungeness
HRH THE DUKE OF KENT, president of the Institution, visited Shetland for the first time on Tuesday September 12, 1978, when he named Lerwick's new 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Soldian. A guard was provided by A (Lovat Scouts) Company 2/51...
Category: Inaugurations
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire - At 8.45 a.m. on 25th January, 1967, nine cobles were reported at sea and there was a distinct possibility of conditions worsening when the tide flooded. By 9.45 conditions had deteriorated considerably and the life-boat...
Fishing Yawls
ARBROATH.—While a strong gale was blowing from E.N.E., with a very heavy sea and snow, on the 22nd January, twelve of the fishing yawls were returning, but it was feared they would be unable to enter the harbour. The Lifeboat William Souter...
St. Pierre Eglise
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 10.-12 on the night of the 24th of March, 1953, the Ramsey coastguard rang up to say that a vessel south of Douglas Head was blowing short blasts on its siren, and at eleven o'clock the Douglas Head Lighthouse...
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PEER KILLED WHEN HELICOPTER CRASHES St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 4.12 on the afternoon of the 16th November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a report had been received from R.N.A.S. Brawdy that a Whirlwind...
A Rowing Boat
FOUR EXHAUSTED OARSMEN RESCUED Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 8.40 p.m.
on Saturday the 20th of July, 1963, the Port Erin police constable told the honorary secretary that a small boat was adrift in Calf Sound and that he was...
Marechal Suchet
NEW BRIGHTON.—A telephone message having been received from the lightkeeperat Bidston lighthouse on the llth June, reporting that a ship was on fire in Fonnby Channel and was showing signals of distress, the steam Life-boat Duke of...
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Aberdeen, Grampian D class: Aug 12 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Aug 2, 3 (twice), 7 (twice), 13, 14, 17 (twice), 20, 24, Sept 4, 5 (twice), 11 and 26 Abersoch, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic21: Aug4,17,23,28 (five times), Sept 5, 11 and 14...
Category: Services
New Name, Same Aim for Retired Watson
City of Bristol lies in the docks of her namesake city after her journey from Poole by low-loader. She will spend two years promoting water safety and raising funds for the RNLI.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Quick Thinkers:
Quick thinkers: coastguards were able to rescue a man from the sea at Eyemouth thanks to the prompt action of David Clark (10) and his sister Margaret (8). They were on holiday when they saw the man fall from rocks into the sea and raised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs