LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (88)
AUGUST 1 3TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A Hurricane aeroplane had come down some fifteen miles east of Orfordness, but the life-boat was recalled a few minutes after launching. - Rewards, £11 4s..
An Aeroplane (5)
JULY 3RD. - BEAUMARIS, AND HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY. A wrecked aeroplane had been reported in the sea about twenty miles north of the Skerries, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : Beaumaris, £11 11s. 9d. ; Holyhead, £6 5s..
Mollihawke IV
Blyth, Northumberland. At 8.40 on the evening of the 30th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was dragging her anchor one mile south of the Sow and Pig buoy. At 8.54 the life-boat City of Bradford...
Pilot Me II
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 8th of January, 1949, the local fishing boat Pilot Me II was at sea.
The wind increased rapidly until it was blowing strongly from the north-west, with a heavy sea breaking on the...
None (49)
MAY 8TH, - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
Red and white rockets had been reported, b u t n o v e s s e l i n d i s t r e s s w a s f o u n d . - Rewards, £7 16s..
Gallons of support
Caffeine, alcohol and fizzy drinks were all shunned in favour of water during our new fundraising challenge, H2Only. It was a tough ask for many of our supporters: giving up all drinks except for water for 2 weeks. But they were determined...
Category: Articles
A Yacht
Yacht aground THE POLICE informed Barrow coxswain, Robert Charnley, at 2300 on August 24, 1974, that an independent source had reported the sighting of a red flare north of Walney Island. They were advising HM Coastguard, who would be...
The Relief Tyne Class Lifeboat the Good Shepherd Pictured When on Service from Holyhead on 31 January
The relief Tyne class lifeboat The Good Shepherd pictured when on service from Holyhead on 31 January 1990.
The lifeboat had been launched in severe gale conditions when the Irish Sea ferry St Columba suffered an engine... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Index to Advertisers
M. A. Bigland (Preparations) Ltd Inside Front Cover Even Sailwear Lid 257 Functional Clothing 247 David Jolly (Tiller Master) 252 Maritime Book Society 218 Marlell Brandy Back Cover Mercantile Credit Inside Back Cover NECO Marine Ltd 252...
Category: Index
Cover Picture
Sunset watch for the Margate lifeboatman, a memorial to nine men who lost their lives in the early morning of December 2, 1897, when Margate town surf boat Friend of All Nations capsized on her way to help the ship Persian Empire of West... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs