LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Reunion at Torbay In May for Five Retired Coxswains and One Retired Motor Mechanic (I to R) Coxswain Frederick Sanders Motor Mechanic Richard Harris Coxswain
Reunion at Torbay in May for five retired coxswains and one retired motor mechanic.
(I. to r.) Coxswain Frederick Sanders, Motor Mechanic Richard Harris, Coxswain Henry Thomas, Coxswain Abraham Bartlett, Coxswain Harold... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Deli
Newhaven, Sussex. — At 6.55 in the evening, on the 17th of September, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht about two miles to westward and a mile off shore, was drifting eastwards.
She seemed to be out of control....
Perseverance
WEXFORD.— A sudden gale sprung up from the E.N.E., accompanied by snow-showers and a heavy sea, on the morning of the 25th March, and the schooner Perseverance, of Wexford, homeward bound in ballast from Dublin, stranded on Raven Point. The...
A Yacht
Walmer, Kent - At 3.15 a.m. on 3Oth July, 1967, it was learnt that a yacht dragging her anchor about half a mile offshore was bearing down on another yacht. She was drifting northwards towards Brake Sands. The life-boat Charles Dibden (Civil...
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OCTOBER 5TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE, AND DUNBAR, EAST LOTHIAN.
An R.A.F. aeroplane had crashed several miles inland. One of the crew was killed, but the other had baled out. He was carried to the coast and came down in...
An Ex-R.N.L.I. Life-Boat
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 10.40 on the night of the 26th of January, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch coaster Toni had reported seeing a distress signal made by the crew of a boat near the wreck of the...
Bonita
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 7.45 oil the evening of the 7th of July, 1957. the Penmon coastguard telephoned to say a flare had been seen between Great Ormes Head and Puffin Island. The life-boat Field Marshal and Mrs. Smuts was launched at 8.10...
Stormy Stan Says...
I'm Stormy Stan,} Lifeboatman Extraordinary from Storm force, the RNLI's club for the under 16s - Eric the seagull and I are always to be seen in the club's exclusive magazine, Storm force News.
As well as...
Category: Articles
She's A Lady
Cromer and Sheringham, Norfolk- At 6 p.m. on 30th June, 1968, the honorary secretary of the Cromer lifeboat station was told that a small boat was in difficulties off Sheringham beach. The life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed was launched at 6.12....
Boy's Own and Pioneer
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—The No. 1 motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley was launched at 1.30 P.M. on the 19th October, as the weather was very bad and two cobles were at sea.
A north gale was blowing, with a heavy...