LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Harvest Hope
Girvan, Ayrshire. At six o'clock on the evening of the 23rd of June, 1959, while the life-boat Robert Lindsay was returning to her station after her overhaul at Gourock the coxswain saw a motor vessel stranded on the Brest Rocks south of...
The Dinghies Shellduck and Lapwing
Fowey, Cornwall. At 12.26 on the afternoon of the llth July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a sailing boat was on the rocks to the west of Fowey harbour.
There was a gentle southerly breeze and...
Bren Jean
Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 7.47 on the evening of the 25th October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that red flares had been seen south of Lowestoft look-out station.
The life-boat Michael Stephens left...
Nansen
JANUARY 5TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS.
At 5.10 P.M. the coastguard reported distress signals a mile west of Eshaness Point, and the motor life-boat The Rankin was launched at 5.45 P.M. A strong northerly gale was blowing, with a...
A Carley Float
APRIL 16TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
At 7.35 P.M. the coastguard reported an object on the sea in a south-easterly direction from Blackhead, and at 7.40 P.M. the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was...
An Aeroplane (6)
FEBRUARY 17TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
At 2.44 in the afternoon life-boatmen on the promenade saw an aeroplane crash west-north-west of the coastguard station, about a mile off shore. The crash was also seen and...
Sea Safety century
Since their introduction in 2006, the RNLI’s volunteer lifeboat sea safety officers (LSSOs) around the UK and RoI have been saving lives through prevention – giving demonstrations and performing SEA Checks (like the one pictured...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (7)
APRIL 7TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 6.25 A.M. the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea three miles south of Blyth. A light S.W.
breeze was blowing with a choppy sea. The motor...
An Aeroplane (116)
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 3.38 P.M. a Spitfire aeroplane was seen chasing a German aeroplane out to sea. The German came down several miles S. by W.
of the life-boat station. A S.W. breeze was...
H.M. Trawler Flotta
OCTOBER 29TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.30 A.M. the coast-guard reported signals of distress, and a few minutes later said that a vessel was ashore one mile north of Rattray Head. At 6.35 A.M. the Peterhead motor...