LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eureka
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At about 4.10 A.M. on the 3rd September, 1939, it was reported that a vessel was showing distress signals about one and a half miles south of Walton Pier. The weather was clear with a strong...
Minehead:
Minehead: A new D class inflatable lifeboat, provided from funds raised by beaconsjield Round Table in memory of Keith R. Drysdale, was handed over to the RNLI on Saturday September 17.
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Category: Photographs
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
AT the Thirtieth Annual Meeting of the Committee of this Fund, held on the 15th January and presided over by Mr. CHABLKB G. TUBNEB, C.B., Controller- General of Inland Bevenne, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the Honorary Secretary, reported that there...
Category: Meetings
Gallantry at 67
Coxswain James Watkins of Angle, Pembrokeshire, who won the bronze medal for gallantry fifteen years ago, has now won the silver medal for rescuing six of the crew of a small motor ship which had turned turtle in a gale. Some of the men were...
Category: Articles
Ranee
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.— At 8.30 on the evening of the 5th of July, 1955, the coastguard reported that the local motor boat Ranee had broken down off Eel Point. He later stated that she had anchored, but was dragging sea- wards. At nine...
Navigator
About 8 P.M. on the llth January, the Coastguard reported that there was a vessel on the Splaugh rock, and the Life-boat Tom and Jennie was promptly despatched to her assistance. After a heavy beat against wind and tide the Life-boat found...
Chariton
At about 1.30 A.M. on the 9th July, while the steam tug Helen Peele, stationed at Padstow, was returning to that place after her annual cruise, a vessel was sighted about two miles from her flying the " Not under control " signal....
James Cocker and Sons
Launch the 160th anniversary of the RNLI by introducing THE COXSWAIN to your garden Produced by rose specialists James Cocker and Sons, Aberdeen, in limited quantity for RNLI friends and supporters, this peach pink, sweetly scented hybrid...
Category: Advertisement
Two Pilot Boats
— Just before nightfall on 9th April two pilot boats had been seen pulling out to sea in a moderate S.W. gale with a rough sea and heavy rain. After dark the wind increased and anxiety was felt for their safety, so it was decided to launch...
White Heather
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.17 early on the morning of the 6th of August, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the police had reported that shouts for help had been heard from a boat off the holiday camp south-west of the pier. At 2.22 the...