LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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
The Record Breakers:
The record breakers: on Sunday, June 14, 1987, in Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Eire, 329 sailing boats formed the shape of a sunflower beating the previous world record of 192 boats to moor alongside one another - a feat since ratified by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mars
DEC. 2 0TH. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. At about 3 P.M. information was received through the coastguard that a steamer had been blown up about two miles south of Blyth. A light E.N.E. wind was blowing, with a slight sea.
Wasini
The importance of teamwork Although the RNLI is entirely independent of government, it couldn't operate without the support of official organisations such as the Coastguard, which coordinates all rescues at sea.
An...
Wasini (1)
The importance of teamwork Although the RNLI is entirely independent of government, it couldn't operate without the support of official organisations such as the Coastguard, which coordinates all rescues at sea.
An...
The Norwegian Motor Tanker Athos, of Flekkefjord
AUGUST 3RD. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At three in the afternoon the coastguard reported a vessel aground south of Holyhead in dense fog. There was no wind and the sea was smooth. At 3.10 the motor life-boat John and Mary...
RNLI Lifeguards move into Wales
RNLI lifeguards have been saving lives on beaches in England since 2001. This year, they make their first move into another part of the UK, patrolling 12 beaches in Wales as part of the RNLI’s aim to double its beach coverage by...
Category: Articles
A Canoe
JULY 17TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 8.21 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a canoe, with a boy on board, had capsized oil Ness Point. A gentle S.W. breeze was blowing, but the sea was...
J. & J. Monks (2)
Blackpool, Fleetwood, and Lytham-St.
Anne's, Lancashire.—In the evening of the 14th November the Liverpool steamer J. & J. Monks, bound from Fleetwood to Runcorn with a cargo of gravel, anchored about three miles...
New Life-Boats
MABLETHORPE (LINCOLNSHIRE).—In a former number of the Life-boat Journal (217), it was mentioned that the boat at this station had been replaced by a new one of the Liverpool type, 36 ft.
long by 9 ft. wide, and that she was...
Category: Inaugurations