LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
May Fly
Ramsgate, Kent. At 3.28 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1959, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that a yacht was unable to make Ramsgate harbour and was dragging her anchor and in danger of going ashore. Six minutes...
Yewglen
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 5.27 on the morning of the 29th of February, 1960, the coastguard in- formed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore on Beadnell Point.
At 5.45 the...
Zulu
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 23rd of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the harbour master at Laxey had reported a yacht making heavy weather between two and three miles off Laxey...
Seagrid
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 7.2 on the evening of the 28th of September, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the yacht Seagrid, which was on passage to Aberystwyth with a crew of two, appeared to be dismasted and was making slow progress. She...
Aquila
Troon, Ayrshire. At four o'clock on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down with engine trouble near the Bell Rock off Prestwick. The life-boat James and...
Our Lady
Hastings, Sussex. At 9.45 on the evening of the 25th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been observed five miles south-east-by-south of Fairlight. The life-boat M.T.C. was launched at 10.9 in a...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10.35 on the morning of the 28th of December, 1960, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that eleven local cobles were at sea fishing. As the weather was deteriorat- ing it was decided, in the absence of the honorary...
A Dinghy (9)
St. Ives, Cornwall - At 8.28 p.m. on i2th August, 1966, two men, who had left St. Ives for Carbis Bay at 4 o'clock in a rubber dinghy, were reported missing.
The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was...
On March 30 Rear Admiral W J Graham
On March 30 Rear Admiral W. J. Graham (c), director of the Institution, accepted the gift of a radar simulator, to be used for crew training, from Alan Jones (I), of Rediffusion Ltd of Crawlev. The simulator was prepared for the RNLI by a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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D class lifeboats help nearly 600 people to safety from floodingThe sterling efforts of the crews of three North Wales lifeboats during the severe flooding which hit the area in late February 1990 have earned the stations special...