LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Valhalla
Redcar, Yorkshire - At 4.40 p.m. on 24th November, 1968, it was learnt that the coble Valhalla had lost her propeller. The life-boat Aguila Wren was launched at 5.5 in a fresh south westerly wind with a moderate sea.
The...
Mr John G Francis of Petts Wood Orpington Kent Was at RNLI Headquarters London on 15Th May 1969 Presented With a Lifeboatman Statuette for His Voluntary Publ
Mr. John G. Francis, of Petts Wood, Orpington, Kent, was at R.N.L.I. Headquarters, London, on 15th May, 1969, presented with a lifeboatman statuette for his voluntary public relations work for the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society which he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
We Three
Life-boat 40-001 at Sheerness, Kent - At 5.35 a.m. on 26th May, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat was aground off Stoke Saltings, west of the Isle of Grain. At 5.45 the life-boat slipped her moorings in a...
A Sailing Dinghy
Moelfre, Anglesey - At 1.25 p.m. on 24th May, 1970, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy was rapidly drifting out to sea about four miles south east of the coastguard lookout. As the IRB was already at sea assisting a capsized yacht...
Helicopter Cover
HELICOPTER COVER THE Department of Trade and Industry has placed a contract with Bristow Helicopters Ltd.
for the provision of a Whirlwind Series III helicopter for SAR work. The helicopter, which is based at Mansion, Kent,...
Category: Articles
Swimmers In Action
When the Teesmouth life-boat Sarah Jane and James Season was out on exercise on 25th August, they were signalled by a fishing coble.
When they went alongside they found that she had a trawl warp round her propeller. The two...
Category: Articles
Brighter Morn
Small trawler sinks SHETLAND COASTGUARD received a mayday call at 0248 on Wednesday January 16, from the fishing vessel Brighter Morn saying that she had run aground on The Ord, a headland ten miles south east of Lerwick; she was holed and...
Rani
Dover, Kent - At 3.18 a.m. on 30th July, 1967, the coxswain was informed that a yacht with a broken mast was almost ashore in Fan bay, about three miles east of Dover. The life-boat Faithful Forester slipped her moorings at 3.29 in a strong...
More Than 50 Hardy Walkers Set Off on a 20 Mile Trek from Whitstable Harbour
More than 50 hardy walkers set off on a 20 mile trek from Whitstable harbour to boost funds for the planned extension to the boathouse. Chairman of the fund raising committee, Mrs Linda Livingstone, organised the sponsored walk to Faversham... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
British Geological Marine Survey Unit
Representatives of the British Geological Marine Survev Unit are seen presenting a cheque for £1,300 to Coxswain Peter Murray of the Anstrttther lifeboat. The monev is to go towards the Doctors Appeal and is one of many donations given... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs