LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bien
SIXTEEN SCOUTS RESCUED Exmouth, Devon. At 7.35 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the honorary secretary heard that Niton radio station had received a message from the motor fishing vessel Bien that she had engine trouble and was steering badly ten...
Normanby Hall
TWENTY-NINE HOURS AT SEA Cloughey, Co. Down. At 8.25 a.m.
on 6th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that the coaster Normanby Hall had asked for assistance as she was aground off South Rock. The life-boat Constance...
Gripsholm
Douglas, Isle of Man - At 2.30 p.m.
on 5th May, 1966, the harbour master told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Gripsholm of Gothenburg had landed approximately 300 passengers at Port St. Mary in the morning and...
Beaumaris October 18 1986:
Beaumaris, October 18, 1986: within hours of her official handing over and dedication ceremony the new Atlantic 21 lifeboat at Beaumaris was called out on service. The lifeboat was provided by the BBC television programme Blue Peter whose... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Yacht
Deep water 'rocks' sink yacht Donaghadee Ireland Division Donaghadee's Arun class lifeboat City of Belfast was called to an unusual incident on 2 July 1988 when a Mayday call was heard from a sinking yacht at...
Cash from College
Since its opening in 2004, The Lifeboat College has become firmly established as the home of RNLI training. Crew and lifeguard training is the College’s most important purpose, but it has also been doing a fi ne job fundraising. Last year...
Category: Articles
Personal Gallantry
The Institution has awarded its silver medal to Robert Harland, of its Whitby crew, who dived overboard from the life-boat on 23rd. February, in a heavy, confused sea at the harbour mouth and rescued a fisherman who had been washed out of...
Category: Articles
Madeline Rickmers
RAMSGATE,NORTH DEAL AND WALMER In response to signals fired by the North Sand Head and Gull Light-vessels, the Life-boats Bradford, of Ramsgate, Mary Sommerville, stationed at North Deal, and Givil Service No. 4, of Walmer, were launched on...
Teucer and David Livingstone
DECEMBER 7TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
An outward-bound convoy. under the command of Rear-admiral Ramsey, was passing. A gale was blowing and a drifter, which should have been there to bring ashore the pilots, had not arrived,...
Henry
On the 13th of March last, the brig Henry, of Montrose, in Low- estoft Roads, parted her cables in a strong E.S.E. gale, and was driven on shore under Pakefield lighthouse. The Pakefield life- boat was speedily launched, and succeeded in...