LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sea Cadet Whaler
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At 11.17 on the night of the 24th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a Sea Cadet whaler from Portsmouth, with a crew of three, was under sail about one mile north of Ramore Head, but was drifting seawards...
An Aeroplane (14)
MAY 26TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.10 in the morning the police reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea opposite Cleveleys Hydro. There was a variable north-east wind and the sea calm.
At...
A Small Dinghy
AUGUST 6TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 2.20 in the afternoon the coastguard reported a man adrift in a small dinghy. He had only one oar, and was rapidly being blown out to sea by a strong off-shore wind. At 2.30 the life-boat’s motor...
Suomi
BROADSTAIRS.—A message by telephone was received from the North Sand Head Light-vessel on the 27th May, reporting a vessel ashore on the Goodwin Sands.
A moderate gale of wind was blowing from the N.N.E., there was a heavy...
None (2)
St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 8.5 on the evening of the 22nd of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man who had fallen down the cliff at Ramsey Island was injured, and that the services of the life- boat...
Mary and Martha
While a strong gale was blowing from the S., accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the night of the 5th October, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Mary and Martha, bound from Queensferry for Dundalk, laden with bricks, which had...
Catherine of Newry
On the 19th February the services of the Fleetwood life-boat were again called into requisition. A vessel with a flag of distress flying, was observed to be on shore; the wind blowing a gale from N.N.W. at the time, with heavy squalls. The...
AT A STORM'S MERCY
Caught in the path of Storm Abigail, the crew of a broken-down shellfish trawler needed RNLI volunteers to come to their aid – quickly
As the storm passed over them on 12 November 2015, the 12 men onboard trawlers Genesis...
Category: Articles
Fishing Vessels
A tele- phone message was received at about 11.50 A.M. on the 31st October, stating that several small fishing-vessels belong- ing to Grimsby were in serious danger and apparently unmanageable, owing to a sudden northerly gale and heavy...
Bikeathon
James Danvers, ten year old son of llford branch chairman Paul Danvers, suggested to his little sister Emily, that they help dad raise funds by entering the llford Recorder Bikeathon. This year's Bikeathon, organised by local the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs