LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rowan Tree
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 6.45 p.m. on I2th January, 1966, the Wick coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had received a distress call from the fishing vessel Rowan Tree which stated that she was in a sinking condition near...
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The Sand Boats David P. and Harfat
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 3.5 in the morning of the 15th of January, 1952, a resident of Newport telephoned that a sand boat had been driven ashore off Newport, and at 3.30 the life- boat Mono, was launched. A westerly gale was blowing,...
Above and beyond
The RNLI’s new Chairman, Admiral The Lord Boyce, is well aware of the sea’s dangers, as he explains to Rory Stamp
Like many of the RNLI’s senior figures, Mike Boyce has inspected several lifeboats at close quarters....
Category: Articles
Falmouth: When the 50' Thames Class Lifeboat Rotary Service Was Lifted Out of the Water on July 29 1975 for Cleaning Off Anti-Fouling and the Replacing of All Cathodic Prot
Falmouth: When the 50' Thames class lifeboat Rotary Service was lifted out of the water on July 29, 1975, for cleaning off, anti-fouling and the replacing of all cathodic protection anodes, all the work was done free of charge, Falmouth... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mary Ann
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 9.5 on the night of the 23rd of May, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a message re- received from Sandwich that a fishing boat was drifting on a lee shore a mile north of Guildford Hotel. Five minutes later,...
October Gales. Two Gold Medals Awarded to Moelfre, Anglesey, and Two Silver Medals to St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly
THE month of October ended with, a week of strong winds rising at times to gales, which reached their climax on the 28th and 29th. On those two days it blew a severe gale from the south and west over Southern Ireland, England and Wales,...
Category: Articles
Pilot Me, Provider and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 6th December, 1937, the local motor fishing boats Pilot Me, Provider and Success put out. Just before 2 P.M. they were seen returning, and as the sea was then breaking very strongly across the...