LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Diddi II
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 9.35 a.m. on 6th April, 1969, it was learnt that a ketch on passage from Ilfracombe to Bristol appeared to be in difficulties.
The life-boat Lloyd's II was launched at 10 o'clock in an...
Herring Boats
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.—On the 15th September several of the large herring boats belonging to this place were lying at anchor in the bay when a very violent gale suddenly sprang up, and the sea rose very rapidly, and they were in great...
A Tubular Life-Boat
The " Caroline Richardson " stationed at Rhyl from 1896 to 1939. She was the third and last of this type, which was designed in 1850. All three were at Rhyl. This type had a double hull, consisting of two floats, meeting at each... - View image in PDF
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Erin
On the night of the 15th October, the Coxswain received a message that a boat in Arklow Bay was making signals of distress. A strong N.W. gale was blowing with a choppy sea, and rain showers. The Motor Life-boat John Taylor Cardwell was...
Ellen
WHITHORN.—A vessel having been repotted dismasted in Wigtown Bay on the 9th October, the Life-boat Henry and John Leighton was launched at'3.10 P.M., being in the water in ten minutes from the time the signals were fired to summon the...
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HELP FOR WOMAN Stronsay, Orkneys. At n a.m. on ist December, 1964, a local doctor telephoned the honorary secretary to say that an expectant mother on the island of Eday needed immediate medical attention. It was 2\ hours past low water with...
Blanche
Wells, Norfolk - At 2.45 p.m. on 31st October, 1969, the coxswain noted that the fishing boat Blanche had not returned to harbour with the other local boats. At 3.35 the lifeboat Ernest Tom Neathercoat was launched in a fresh westerly wind...
Tonga
Weymouth, Dorset - At 8.14 p.m. on 23rd July, 1967, news was received that the yacht Tonga was in difficulties with engine trouble and was drifting 17^ miles south south west of Portland Bill. After ascertaining that a tow could not be...
Above: Some of the 80 Guests Arriving
Above: Some of the 80 guests arriving for the gala performance of 'The Merry Widow' at Holland Park in Kensington on 27 June 2001.. - View image in PDF
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The Sailing Boat Sweetie Pie
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.36 on the afternoon of the 20th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had had her mast carried away one mile east of the look-out. At three o'clock there...