LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 12.5 p.m. on I5th June, 1967, a small boat with two men on board was reported in difficulties in South bay. The life-boat J. G.

Graves of Sheffield was launched at 12.15 in a slight north...

At 11.25 a-m- on 29tn Julys J9653 a sailing dinghy with a crew of two was seen to capsize about a mile off Dawlish.

At 11.45 the life-boat Michael Stephens was launched in a strong westerly wind, moderate sea and ebbing...

UNSEATED THEN TREATED At 7.30 p.m. on 9th January, 1964, a local doctor told the honorary secretary that a young woman who had fallen from her bicycle needed hospital treatment. As no other boat was available the life-boat Mabel Marion...

Meet Miss Penlee Lifeboat 1986. She is the first in what the local branch hope will be a succession of beauties, all of whom will help promote local RNLI activities. Karen Bennetts was chosen from many contestants at a special fund raising... - View image in PDF

OCT. 23RD. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 1.45 P.M. the signal station reported that a vessel was ashore on the Shoebury Sands. The weather was calm, and the sea smooth. At 2 P.M. the motor life-boat Greater London (Civil Service No. 3)...

MAY 26TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 12.10 A.M. a message was received from the South Goodwin Light-vessel through theDeal coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the sands to the N.E. by E. A N.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor...

OCTOBER 19TH. - GOURDON, KINCARDINESHIRE.

At 4.48 in the morning, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore one mile to the east, and at 5.50, in calm weather, the motor life-boat Margaret Dawson was launched. She...

(See Diagramson opposite page.) The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the...