LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anti-Fouling Composition
THE Institution uses on a number of its life-boats which lie afloat the Torpedo Plastik Anti-Fouling Com- position made by British Paints. The name of this composition has been changed to Koplastik Anti-fouling.
The firm...
Category: Articles
Lena
Arbroath, Angus. At 11.3 on the night of the 6th September, 1961, a message was received from the Mont- rose life-boat station asking for the help of the Arbroath life-boat in the search that was being made for the pleasure boat Lena of...
St Margarite
On Scroby Sand WHILE WORKING aboard their lifeboat on Saturday December, 1979, Great Yarmouth and Gorleston crew, at 1758, heard a mayday from the fishing vessel St Margarite. Coxswain/Mechanic Richard Hawkins told Yarmouth Coastguard that...
Grit
The Sandgate coast- guard telephoned to the coxswain, at 3 A.M. on the 22nd February, that a ship had been sounding S O S on her hooter. The sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog. At 3.28 A.M.
the motor...
Income and Expenditure for 1934
Expenditure.
£ s. d.
s. d.
32,778 19 11 100 12 5 13,513 11 9 406 1 6 10,707 17 3,321 13 459 17 245 10 61,534 3 8 New Life-boats for the following stations :—On...
Category: Accounts
Excel IV
AUG. 17TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. During the evening a message was received from the coastguard that the steam drifter Excel IV was aground on Gun Rock, Fame Islands. A light S.E. breeze was blowing. The sea was smooth. The...
Jewel
DRIFTING SLOOP Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.55 p.m. on 3ist October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares one mile east of Worthing pier. The sea was choppy with a gentle breeze from the east....
A Trawler (1)
DECEMBER 8TH. - STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES.
A trawler had been reported ashore near Sheshader, but of her crew of thirteen, two got to land in the trawler’s boat and the remainder were saved by a boat from the shore. - Rewards,...
Cruiskeen Lawn
On the 8th April, during very stormy weather, with the wind at N.E.
and a very heavy sea running, signals of distress were shown from the yacht Oruiskeen Lawn, of Wexford, which vessel was stranded on the north end of the...
Pictorial Story An IRB Service
This series of IRB photographswas taken by David Harwood on 4th April, 1969,when the Exmouth, Devon, IRB rescued two men whose rowing boat had been swampedat the south endof Western Way.
The two men were suffering from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs