LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (2)
— The fishing cobles belonging to Filey had, as usual, gone off for the fishing in the early morning of the 22nd February. The wind increased, until about 10.30 A.M.
it was blowing a gale, and six of the cobles were to the...
None (79)
AUGUST 28TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
It had been reported that an airman was descending by parachute eight miles N.E. of Dungeness, but he landed near the beach and was able to swim ashore, although his hands had been badly...
Greyhound
New B ight n, Cheshire.—At 8.40 in the evening of the 5th of September, 1949, the c xswain of the Hoylake life- boat telephoned that a fishing boat was sending up flares in Hilbre Swash.
Accordingly at 9.5 the No. 1...
A Sailboard
Sailboard out in force 8 MICHAEL TIGHE, a crew member of Sunderland's 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat, was near the lifeboathouse onthe afternoon of Sunday November 4, 1984, when he was told that a board sailor was in trouble near...
Mrs Pam Hill,
Mrs Pam Hill, chairman of Bristol ladies guild from 1976 to 1982 when she was elected vice president. She was awarded a Silver badge in 1985..
Category: Obituaries
'A stark reminder'
The 60th anniversary of one of the RNLI’s most tragic days was marked at Arbroath in October.
Six crewmen died when the lifeboat Robert Lindsay was struck by huge waves close to the harbour and capsized on 27 October 1953....
Category: Articles
Katcher I
AGROUND AT BRIGHTON At 6.9 a.m. on 27th September, 1965, the police at Brighton reported that a fishing vessel was aground 200 yards east of the Palace pier and that she was listing badly. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...
Delhi
DOUGLAS, ISLE or MAN.—On the 16th September, at 1 P.M., a vessel was observed about eight miles off Douglas Head showing signals of distress. The wind *?as blowing a whole gale from the W. at the time. The No. 2 Life-boat, John Turner-...
A Sea Cadet Whaler and Gypsy
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.45 on the afternoon of the 30th of September, 1956, the Formby coastguard reported that a Sea Cadet whaler, with three men on board, was on the rocks near Seaforth radio station. At six o'clock the life-boat...
Madeline Rickmers (1)
RAMSGATE,NORTH DEAL AND WALMER In response to signals fired by the North Sand Head and Gull Light-vessels, the Life-boats Bradford, of Ramsgate, Mary Sommerville, stationed at North Deal, and Civil Service No. 4, of Walmer, were launched on...