LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A German Trawler
The following account of a service by the Helvick Head, Co. Waterford, life- boat on the 17th of December, 1959, was received too late for inclusion in the March, 1960, number of the Life- boat.
At 5.30 in the evening the...
A Sailing Canoe
JULY 1ST. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. A sailing canoe was thought to have been blown out to sea, but later it was learned that she had returned.-Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..
(Above) One of the Illustrations from the Booklet Safety on the Sea
(Above) One of the illustrations from the booklet Safety On The Sea, produced by the RNLI for the Sea Safety Liaison Working Group, comprised of six of the major organisations involved in marine use and safety. Under the cartoon is a list of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Exhibitions
Ax exhibition of life-boats through the ages was opened at Life-boat House, 42, Grosvenor Gardens, London, S.W.I, by Commodore the Earl Howe, deputy chairman of the Institution, on the 3rd of December, 1954.
The exhibition...
Category: Articles
A Motor Boat
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 8.55 on the night of the 2nd of April, 1948, the St. Ann's Head coastguard tele- phoned that a message had been re- ceived from a resident of Wooltack Point, that his brother, Mr. Codd, had left for...
A Motor Boat
Three saved by D class as casualty breaks up A service by Bembridge's D class inshore lifeboat has led to a letter from the Chairman of the Institution congratulating the helmsman and crew members for their courage and teamwork - which...
A Steamer (1)
Donagbadee, Co. Down.—7th April.
A report had been received of a collision off Blackhead, and the life-boat had gone to Blackhead, Co. Antrim. It was then found that it was Blackhead, Wigtownshire, on the Scottish coast.<...
A Motor Fishing Boat
Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—At 8 P.M.
on the 12th January, 1938, it was reported that one of the local motor fishing boats was in danger owing to a breakdown of her engine. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea....
A Sailing Dinghy
Ramsgate, Kent - At 6.3 p.m. on 12th June, 1968, while the life-boat was on exercise, the coastguard informed the crew that a sailing dinghy with three people on board had capsized in Pegwell bay. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis went to...
A Dinghy (4)
Mallaig, Inverness-shire - At 4.5 p.m. on 25th June, 1967, news was received that a dinghy with two people on board was overdue. The life-boat EMM.
Gordon Cubbin slipped her moorings at 4.15 in a moderate north north...