LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Naval Aeroplane (1)
OCT. 2 0TH. SELSEY, AND SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 1.13 A.M.
a message was received from the coastguard that the Bognor police had reported a naval aeroplane down in the sea off Bognor. A northerly breeze was blowing. The...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Ros Beara and Saint Martin
ON SERVICE FOR THIRTEEN HOURS At 5.18 a.m. on the 26th June, 1965, the honorary secretary was told by the coastguard that the motor fishing vessel Ros Beara was asking for immediate assistance as something had fouled her propeller and she...
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Sea Lion
The Grimsby trawler Sea Lion, carrying a crew of nine, ran ashore at Dimlington early on the morning of the 2nd April. A gentle N.W. breeze was blowing, but there was a heavy swell on the beach. The pulling and sailing life-boat Docea...
The Dinghies Kingfisher and Aeblus
Torbay, Devon. — On the 21st of August, 1948, the Brixham Torbay Royal Regatta races were being held.
A strong south-south-west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea, and about half past eleven in the morning two...
Luxury cruising with Lamb’s
Lamb’s Navy Rum has teamed up with Fred. Olsen to offer RNLI supporters the chance to win a luxury cruise while enjoying a Summer cocktail.
Pick up a promotional bottle at Tesco, Sainsbury’s, Asda, Morrisons or a...
Category: Articles
A Sailboard
Among sandbanks AT 1621 on Sunday March 31, 1985, a coastguard auxiliary from Brancaster reported to his Great Yarmouth coordination centre that he had a board sailor in sight who was in trouble. He was lying on his board, unable to reach...
The Life-Belts In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life- belt are— 1. Sufficient extra-buoyancy to support a roan heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides himself.
Category: Articles
LIFE-BOAT QUIZ
Compiled by Grahame Farr with the help of members of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society 1—Which life-boat station is farthest from the shore? 2—Where are old life-boat houses now used as (a) a library, and (b] an aquarium? 3—Which...
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John Wesley
North Sunderland, Northumberland.—• The weather became very bad about mid-day on the 31st of January, 1948, while the motor fishing boat John Wesley was at the Fame Islands, and the motor life-boat W.R.A. was launched at 1.55 in the...