LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Kildale and Harley
FEBRUARY 3RD. - BRIDLINGTON, AND THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. About noon a message was received at Bridlington from the coastguard that the S.S. KildaleKildale was being attacked by enemy aeroplanes ten to twenty miles N.E. of Spurn, and that her...
Maya, of Beirut
On 1st December, 1966, the Swanage life-boat R.L.P. landed a sick man from the motor vessel Maya of Beirut. A full account of this service, for which a special award was made to Doctor D. I. Aitken, appears on page 144..
Neco Marine Limited
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Category: Advertisement
The Medallists:
The medallists: (I. to r.) Coxswain/Mechanic Malcolm Macdonald, Stornoway; Coxswain/ Mechanic Ian Johnson, Troon; Coxswain/Mechanic Charles Howry, Sheerness; Helmsman Roger Trigg, Southwold; Helmsman Alan Coster, Lymington; Helmsman Frank... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Hewitt Clark
Pilot Boat skipper. Joined the crew in 1965 and Coxswain Mechanic since 1979. Hewitt is currently the RNLI's most decorated lifeboatman with one Gold, one Silver and three Bronze medals and four Thanks on I Vellum.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Viscount Lambton, of Rochester
Duff, did good service on the 22nd March in saving the Master and crew of 7 men from the brig Viscount Lambton, of Roches-ter, which had gone on Yarmouth Beach, near the North Star Battery, during a i gale from the E.S.E., and in a very...
Highcliffe
FEBRUARY 6TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. At 8 A.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore on Forewick Holm, Papa Stour.
A moderate southerly gale was blowing, with a rough and increasing sea, and it was snowing. The motor...
Heemskirk
APRIL 15TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. Just after midnight on the 14th April the coastguard reported a vessel to the N.E. by E. of Britannia Pier, which was not showing distress signals but which appeared to be ashore on Scroby...
The Coronation
LIFE-BOAT HOUSE. LONDON, was decor- ated and illuminated in celebration of the Coronation of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, Patrons of the Institution.
Sixty life-boat stations were supplied with sets...
Category: Articles
Crescence
LINE FIRED TO MOTOR VESSEL AGROUND Caister, Norfolk. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 25th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore at Winterton but did not require any...