LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Catamaran and a Yacht
TWO VESSELS AIDED Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 4.42 p.m.
on nth July, 1965, the coxswain was told that a yacht was aground on Buxey Sands. There was a strong south-westerly breeze and a rough sea. It was almost low water. The...
Unusual IRB Service
THE Whitstable IRB performed an unusual service on 29th December, 1966 - in fact, no other IRB to date has had a similar service.
The Whitstable report stated: 'A passing taxi driver reported to Whitstable police that a...
Category: Services
Mercure
Life-boat 70-002, Ullapool, Ross and Cromarty - At 6.2 p.m. on 25th November, 1966, the police told the assistant district inspector, who was in command of the life-boat 70-002, that flashing lights had been sighted in the vicinity of Martin...
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Dungeness, Kent - At 6.25 p.m. on 24th June, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three skin divers were missing in the Varne bank area about eight miles east of Dungeness.
The life-boat Mabel E....
New Maiden In South London
You would have to have exceptional hearing to claim that New Maiden in South London was within the sound of Bow Bells, but this did not deter Alice Hodgkin (r), catering manager of Spillers Foods, New Maiden from organising a Cockney evening... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
D Class Named at Angle
D class named at Angle Ethel Clark, tireless RNLI fundraiser achieved a lifetime's ambition when she officially named Angle's lifeboat Isabella Mary on the 22 September.
The lifeboat was funded by the legacy of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coastal Life
coAstAL LiFe Red sky in the morning In the 1979 Fastnet race, 15 lives were lost when yachts were caught in hurricane force winds and what the weathermen called ‘phenomenal’ seas. Bethany Hope investigates how 21st century weather...
Category: Articles
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JANUARY 25TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.
DONEGAL. Three children were ill with diphtheria and in danger of dying within a few hours if the medicine needed could not be brought to them. There was none on the island. A strong...
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DECEMBER 18TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
About 11.30 in the morning messages were received from the coastguard and the R.A.F. that a yacht off Newlyn was dragging her anchors in a dangerous position and in need of immediate help....
A Persian's Gratitude
The Institution has received £15 from a Persian, living in Isfahan. He sent it to show his admiration for Great Britain, and wrote: "I know well the meaning of the English hospitality, the English home, the English liberties, the...
Category: Articles