LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ocean Pride
VIGILANT CREW IN FAST RESCUE SHORTLY before 10 a.m. on the 10th April, 1972; Coxswain R. W. Wood and Second Coxswain W. V. Burrell of the Aldeburgh life-boat became concerned for the safety of three fellow longshore fishermen who had not yet...
Cover Picture
from Portsmouth lifeboat Crew member Paul Redmond cares for a four-year-old boy aboard the Atlantic 21 class lifeboat City of Portsmouth during a service on 2 October 1994. A full report of the service appears on page... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lymington Branch
Lymington branch had another very successful day at Beattlieu Boat Jumble on Sunday April 4, with a total turnover of £1,886. This year, one section of the stall was devoted to 'Bits from Famous Boats', which included a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Plasma
Kirkcudbright.—On the night of the 20th January, 1938, information was received from the Isle of Whithorn coastguard that a steamer in Port Yerrock Bay appeared to be dragging her anchor in a dangerous position.
A strong...
May Blossom
Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 1.7 on the afternoon of 25th April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the local lobster fishing boat May Blossom had made several un- successful attempts to approach the bar against the...
Express
SEATON CAREW.—Eockete and flares having been seen on the Longscar Bocks during an E. wind, a strong sea, and foggy weather on the 21st October, the Job Hindley Life-boat was launched at 7 P.M., proceeded in the direction in which the signals...
Picton
MARGATE.—On the llth February a strong gale was experienced here, the wind blowing from S.S.W. accompanied by a heavy sea and thiek weather, with rain and snow. At 1.50 A.M. the Coastguard reported that the Tongue Lightvessel was firing...
Viola
On the 31st October the steam drifter Viola, of Banff, ran ashore on Scroby Sands when returning to Yarmouth from the fishing grounds.
An increasing N.N.E. wind was blow- ing and the sea was heavy on the sands.
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Atlantis
ENGINE FAILURE Selsey, Sussex. At 1.15 p.m. on nth January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the German motor vessel Atlantis then two miles south-west of Littlehampton had broken down with engine trouble and...
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE Arun 54-03 rounding Portland Bill on passage to Plymouth: the third boat in her class, she is the 37th lifeboat donated by the Civil Service and Post Office Fund. Her hull is cold moulded wood, with a double bottom and wing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs