LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Progress
Angle, Pembrokeshire. — At 12.25 early on the morning of the 9th of June, 1954, the Tenby coastguard rang up to say that the tanker Esso Cheyenne had taken in tow the ketch Progress, of Bideford, with a crew of five, which she had found...
Meduce
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1958, the St. Agnes coastguard informed the coxswain that a French fishing boat was anchored in the Cove with her engine broken down. A later message was passed...
James Wickham
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 15th of September, 1960, the honorary secretary learnt that the fishing vessel James Wickham, which was taking a party to the U.S.S. Rhodes, had broken down and was flying...
Frisky,
Salcombe, Devon. At 5.45 on the evening of the 3rd July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a party of women were stranded near the Pig's Nose. They had landed by dinghy from their motor boat Frisky, which had...
Beaumaris
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
Two Cheque Boost
While the prototype FAB 3 was paying a visit to Castletown Harbour on the Isle of Man in August the event was marked by the presentation of two cheques to the RNLI.
Stephen Foulkes (right in the picture) presented £500... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Emma
APRIL 27TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX.
At 11.45 in the morning the coastguard at Warden Point, Isle of Sheppey, reported that a barge was drifting towards the targets of the Royal Air Force off Leysdown, and at 11.55 the...
Sonja
OCT. 5TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE.
At 2.10 P.M. the Southend coastguard reported that a vessel had stranded on the Skerryvore Reef, Machrihanish.
It was thought that the services of a tug might be...
H.M. Motor Launch No. 219
NOVEMBER 22ND. - STORNOWAY, ISLAND OF LEWIS. At 8.5 A.M. a message was received from a naval base that H.M. Motor Launch No.2 1 9 , with a crew of thirteen, was ashore on the east side of Goat Island, in Stornoway harbour, and was in danger...
Sealark
MA Y 22ND . - FERRYSIDE, CAR- MARTHENSHIRE. At 7.57 in the evening the Pembrey coastguard telephoned that a boat was in distress half a mile off shore, and the pulling and sailing life-boat Richard Ashley slipped her moorings at 8.27 and put...