LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
SEPTEMBER 28TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. A very strong N.N.E. wind was blowing, with a very heavy and rough sea, and as six local fishing cobles were out, the life-boat Augustus and Laura was launched at 10.40 A.M. She met five of the...
lasgair
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 9.55 on the night of the llth of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a motor yacht had broken down and was drift- ing towards the Quern Sands. She had refused a tow from a local motor boat, but a watch was kept...
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Unseen dangers The sea looked calm and safe at Forth beach, Cornwall, on 18 June 2005 but for two tired swimmers, the winds and currents were life threateningThe public were enjoying a sunny day at the beach, unaware that a boy and a girl...
Star and Hope
The Staithes Pull- ing and Sailing Life-boat John Anthony was launched at 10.45 A.M. on the 5th October, as two of a number of fishing cobles which had put to sea to haul their crab pots had not returned and the sea had become rough, with a...
The S.S. Barren Hill
Sheringham, Norfolk. — During the afternoon of the 3rd of May, 1949, a vessel was seen to be stopped about five miles oft shore, and it was thought that she was on Sheringham Shoal. The life-boat Foresters Centenary was launched at 3.25, in...
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At noon on 23rd August, 1967, a doctor informed the honorary secretary that a 17-year-old boy with acute appendicitis on Irishmaan island had to be brought to the mainland. As no other boatwas available, the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson...
Coaster Escort
The photograph, courtesy RAF Mansion,shows the ship's predicament and the diminutive size of Eastbourne's Mersey class Royal Thames when viewed from the air in gale force conditions.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Volga
On 24th June the yacht Volga, of Kingstown, entered Carlingford Lough in a norther- ly gale and experienced considerable difficulty in coming to anchor. She eventually anchored under the Coast- guard station. On the morning of 25th June she...
Mavis
Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — At 4.56 in the afternoon of the 14th of July, 1949, the Kildonan coastguard tele- phoned that a motor yacht was in danger in Brodick Bay, Arran, She had run short of petrol and lost her dinghy. The life-boat City...
A Breezy Day In Barmouth As the Station's Mersey Class Moira Barry Comes Alongside. Neither Rain Nor Wind Could Dampen the Enthusiasm and Ashore Colourful
A breezy day in Barmouth as the station's Mersey class Moira Barry comes alongside. Neither rain nor wind could dampen the enthusiasm and ashore colourful umbrellas vied with the bunting!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs