LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Captain Fleten from Fred Olden Lines
Captain Fleten from Fred Qtden Unes presents a cheque for £29,246 to Nigel French and Coxswain Tony Hawkins of Dover. - View image in PDF
Tne money WBS raised from fundraising dunng 1997 on board their two cruise liners.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Geordie
Newhaven, Sussex. At 9.12 on the evening of the 17th of April, I960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht needed help off the west pier. At 9.30 the life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at low water in a light...
Concordia
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 2nd ofJuly, 1959, the honorary secretary was informed that a trawler had broken down off Caldy Island. The coast- guard confirmed the report at 5.42 and the...
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AID FOR SKIN DIVERS Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 11.30 a.m. on I5th November, 1964, the lifeboat coxswain saw five skin divers enter the -water at the north landing and swim straight out to sea. The weather was deteriorating with a...
Honolulu
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 10.45 on the night of the 4th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the boathouse superintendent that the s.s. Markland had reported a small vessel in diffi- culties one mile east of West Shoebury buoy. The life...
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
The following coxswains, members of lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of sen-ice on their retirement and. in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
Category: Awards
Rosemary and Hilda II
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 8.25 in the morning of the 9th of February, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that, as the weather was freshening, anxiety was felt for the safety of the fishing cobles Rosemary and Hilda II which had left the...
H.M. Mine Sweeper
H.M. Mine Sweeper • stranded on the Scroby Sands during a strong southerly gale on the 28th October. She made signals of distress, and in response the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched. While endeavouring to get near...
Life Saving Equipment
In the last issue of the Lifeboat you were updated on the state of the RNLI rescue fleet. But this is not the full picture as it misses out major pieces of RNLI rescue equipment. Some have been around for years, some are new arrivals, but...
Category: Articles
A Dinghy
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 3.50 on the afternoon of the llth of July, 1959, the coxswain received a message from the president of the Eastbourne sailing club that a dinghy had capsized two hundred yards off the promenade. The club members were...