LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs Simons Receives Her Cruise Prize
Mrs Simons receives her cruise prize from Tony Smith, Senior Sales Executive of Travelscope, accompanied by volunteer Crew Members James Morris and Nick Prout and Tractor Driver Ricky Homes, in front of Bumham-on-Sea's Atlantic 75... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
North Star
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the 8th of April, 1947, the fishing fleet put to sea at about 6.0 in the morning, but by nine o'clock a gale was blowing from the east, and a heavy sea was making the harbour entrance dangerous. As the tide was too...
Gozo
FEBRUARY 5TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. At 11.20 on the night of the 4th February, the coast watcher at Brownstown Head reported that a steam trawler was aground on a sandbank on the east side of Tramore Bay, and was showing flares. The...
H.M. Trawler Sheldon
MARCH 7TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
At 4.45 A.M.. the coastguard reported signals from a vessel to the N.E. by E., and the motor life-boat K.B.M. was launched at 6.30 A.M.
A light southerly wind was blowing...
Floral Queen and Royal Empire
ON THE WHITBY BAR AGAIN Whitby. Yorkshire.—At 8.45 in the morning of the 2nd of May, 1947, a small motor coble was seen approaching.
The tide was one hour before low water and there was broken water for three hundred yards...
Queen Mab
BRANCASTER, NORFOLK. — A telegram was received from the coastguard reporting a vessel in distress ofi Bnrnham Flats, on the 19th March, and as she was showing a signal for help the Life-boat Alfred S. Qenth put off to her assistance, at 1.45...
Shamrock
— Early on the morning of the 9th March the coast- guard reported that a barge was drag- ging her anchors and making distress signals west of Castletown pier, Port- land harbour. A strong east breeze was blowing with a rough sea. The weather...
Great Rail Journeys
TYROLEAN WINTER BY TRAIN FROM LONDON Trove/ with the UK's hading specialist in holidays by rail on this sensational 10-day holiday to the snow covered mountains of the Austrian Tyrol.
A friendly and professional Tour...
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Soap and water
When he’s not in the middle of an East End drama, lifelong RNLI supporter Steve McFadden heads west for coastal adventure
What does a soap star treat himself to on his 50th birthday? The latest...
Category: Articles
Hustler
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 8.46 on the evening of the 26th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Hustler, with one man on board, was out of control on Breydon Water. At 8.50 when the...