LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pish and Chase
At 3.30 p.m. on 19th August, 1969, while already at sea, a member of the crew of life-boat 44-001 on temporary duty at Sheerness saw a capsizeddinghy half a mile south west of Darnett Ness. There was a light wind with a slight sea. It was...
Sujan III
Aldeburgh, Suffolk - At 1.40 a.m. on 14th May, 1967, news was received that a small yacht was drifting off the Sizewell bank with her engines out of action. The life-boat Alfred and Patience Gottwald was launched at 2.10 in a fresh north...
Wimbrell
At 11.5 p.m. on 23rd August, 1967, the coastguard stated that the police had reported that four flares had been seen south of Black Rock, Brighton. The lifeboat Kathleen Mary was launched at 11.15 in a light variable wind and a smooth sea....
Treasure and Fair Beagle
Six saved from two separate vessels in hurricane-force conditionsThe rescue of four fishermen and two yachtsmen, in separate incidents and in hurricane force winds, has earned Second Coxswain Rodney Burge of Amble lifeboat station the Thanks...
Sualidaz
First rescue by FAB 3 prototype while on trials The prototype of the new Fast Afloat Boat 3 (see page 90 of this issue) carried out her first service on 29 May while returning from Salcombe to Weymouth, where she was based for some days for...
Sailing in memory
Friends of Andrew Bridge, the 21-year-old skipper of the lost yacht Cheeki Rafiki, set sail in his memory in August to raise money for the RNLI.
The trio took part in the Sevenstar Round Britain and Ireland Race. Despite...
Category: Articles
Dorothy
A dismasted yacht being seen off the North Foreland while a moderate gale was blowing, accompanied by a heavy sea, on the 5th June, the Life-boat Frances Forbet Barton was launched at 5 P.M., and on reaching the vessel found she was the yawl...
Each Year the 420 Pupils of Knowle Church of England Junior School Organise a Charity Lent Project
Each year the 420 pupils of Knowle Church of England Junior School organise a charity Lent Project, and this year they raised £783 for the RNLl. First year pupils ran a bring and buy stall; the second year a sponsored spell; the third... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Above) Four Scouts One Each from Wales England Scotland and Northern Ireland With the Framed Photograph of the Scout Which They Had Received from Captain
(Above) Four Scouts, one each from Wales, England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, with the framed photograph of The Scout which they had received from Captain Kirk, and (above right) Robert Maiden, son of the coxswain, presents to Her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Small Boat (1)
Runswick, Yorkshire.—On the morn- ing of the 31st of July, 1949, the life- boat mechanic, with a telescope, was watching a yacht manoeuvring and saw a small boat, two miles east of Runswick Bay, flying a distress signal. It was then 11.45,...