LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Seine-Net Fishing Boat Avondale
DOCTOR TAKEN TO FISHING BOAT Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 9.45 on the morning of the 12th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the seine-net fishing boat Avondale of Hartlepool, which was making for Scarborough, had a sick man...
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ENGINE FAILURE Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 9.15 p.m.
on 5th June, 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that a distress signal had been observed half-a-mile off shore at Mablethorpe. At 9.45 the lifeboat...
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Bude, Cornwall - At 12.15 P-m. on 30th May, 1966, the IRB was on exercise with a partly trained crew when she received a message that a bather was in difficulties half a mile north west of Bude.
She proceeded immediately in...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Alert
POLICE CLEARED WAY At 12.30 p.m. on :8th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy was being driven ashore in a moderate to fresh southeasterly wind and moderate sea at Barmston.
The tide...
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Poole, Dorset - At 2.5 p.m. on 3rd November, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties two miles east by south of Bournemouth pier. The life-boat crew were asked to stand by. At 3.30, as...
Queensferry- Scotland Division
Queensferry's Atlantic 21 lifeboat station is another which is easily found by reference to a famous structure, as clearly shown on the left! The station itself is at the very bottom of the photo, at the landward end of the pier to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Premier and Pride
OCT. 31ST. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
A strong easterly wind was blowing, with a rough sea. Two local fishing boats Premier and Pride were out, and anxiety was felt for their safety. The lifeboat crew and helpers assembled...
Melrose, of Swansea
OCTOBER 4TH. - FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE.
At 7.20 in the evening the Pembrey coastguard telephoned that a small vessel was in difficulty in the Llanelly Estuary.
A strong northerly wind was blowing, with...
A R.A.F. Launch
MAY 11TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 4.12 A.M.
the Great Yarmouth coastguard telephoned that the naval base wanted the life-boat to help with a R.A.F. launch which had goneaground, and the motor life-boat...
The Birthplace of Life-Boats
Tins year South Shields, where the first life-boat was built in 1789, cele- brated its centenary as a county borough. As part of the celebrations the Mayor and Mayoress, and members of the Council, went out in the Tyne- mouth life-boat...
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