LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Schiedam, of Middlesborough
On the 4th of the following month (December), the brig Schiedam, of Middles- borough, bound from Seaham to South- ampton with coals, foundered at sea off the Yorkshire coast soon after midnight.
The master and crew of 5...
Pride of Cahirciveen
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 9.10 on the morning of the 5th of May, 1951, a telephone message was received from the post office that the motor fishing boat Pride of Cahireiveen, with a crew of four, was about eight hours overdue from the fishing...
. . . .Received By Way of Exchange, a Box of Chocolates
.... received by way of exchange, a box of chocolates. Alison, whose obvious surprise and delight caught the photographer's attention, is the daughter of a member of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund's executive committee.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Penlee Life-Boat Approaches French Crabber
(see page 286). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Valentia: (Above) the 52Ft Arun Lifeboat Rnlb Margaret Frances Love
Valentia: (Above) The 52ft Arun lifeboat RNLB Margaret Frances Love takes the principal guests for a short trip to sea after her naming on September 17, 1983, and . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cleave Petrel
Appledore, Devon. At 3.30 p.m. on 18th April, 1965, the coxswain was informed by the Clovelly second coxswain that the cabin cruiser Cleave Petrel of Bideford, sheltering in Lundy Roads, would try and cross the bar on the next tide. There...
Shoreline Member Mr K Kendall's Entry In Last Summer's South Kibble Raft Race
A floating batmobile that could have done with being able to fly.
Shoreline member Mr K. Kendall's entry in last summer's South Kibble raft race had, for much of the seven mile course, to be carried and pulled along... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Garavogue
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 3.36 p.m. on 14th September, 1969, a member of the National yacht club told the life-boat coxswain that he had seen distress flares between the west pier and Poolbeg, about two miles from the former. The...
Showing respect
In our Summer issue we told you how we were tackling drowning through our Respect the Water campaign for men aged between 20 and 64.
IN 2013, 167 PEOPLE DIED AROUND THE COAST OF THE UK. 86% WERE...
Category: Articles
OTHER LIFE-BOAT LAUNCHES
In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 114, 126, 132, the following launches on service were made during the months September, October and November, 1969, inclusive:...
Category: Services