LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Life-Boat Ties
BECAUSE of the large demand for the new life-boat ties, which were described in the September number of the Life- boat on page 279, it has been possibleto place a substantial order for future supplies with consequent reductions in price.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Guildhall Dinner: Ex-Coxswain Richard Evans Replied to the Toast of the Rnli and As He Ended His Speech Received a Spontaneous Standing Ovation
Guildhall Dinner: Ex-Coxswain Richard Evans replied to the toast of the RNLI and, as he ended his speech, received a spontaneous standing ovation.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Girl Mina
Stronsay, Orkneys - At 8.25 p.m.
on 4th February, 1967, the motor fishing vessel Girl Mina was reported aground at Elsness Holm, Sanday. The life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman proceeded to the casualty at 8.45 in a strong...
Rapid
A few minutes after 8 P.M. on the 8th January the Coastguard reported that distress sig- nals were being fired from the St.
Nicholas Light-vessel, and without delay the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched. They found the...
The Prince of Wales's Opinion of Life-Boat Days
"Every Town Ought to Have a Flag-Day for the Life-boats." THE Secretary of the Institution had the honour of accompanying the Prince of Wales during part of his tour of the depots on London Life-boat Day. His Royal Highness asked...
Category: Articles
Fulmar
Stronsay, Orkneys.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of December, 1955, a report was received that the local lobster boat Fulmar was at anchor in Huip Sound but that she was in danger of sinking, as there was a very rough sea...
The Sailing Boat Sarah
Wicklow.—At 6.10 on the evening of the 17th of August, 1954, a man at Arklow rang up to say that the 24-feet sailing boat Sarah, of Wicklow, had left Arklow for Wicklow earlier in the day with four men on board. At 7.30 the Wicklow Head...
The French Fishing Boat Jeune Louis
Hastings, Sussex.—At 4.2 on the afternoon of the 25th of November, 1952, a coastguardsman at Pett tele- phoned that a fishing boat was in diffi- culties near the shore off Rye. Later the Fairlight coastguard stated that she had apparently...
Glad Tidings and Radiant Morn
Amble, Northumberland.—At 1.32 on the afternoon of the 1st of June, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that thefishing boat Glad Tidings had left Druridge Bay for Amble, but that conditions on the Amble harbour bar were dangerous. At 2.17...
Wendy
Appledore, Devon. — At 11.33 A.M.
on the 14th August the coastguard reported that a yacht one mile N.W.
from Fairway buoy was showing flares.
She was the auxiliary yacht Wendy, of Bristol...