LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Malcolm Macdonald
After spending his early working years at sea as a deck apprentice Malcolm Macdonald came home to Stornoway in 1967 when he was appointed mechanic of the lifeboat. In 1979 he took over as coxswain/mechanic, a post which had earlier been held... - View image in PDF
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Picturesque Postcard
Readers may be interested in this postcard photograph of Douglas lifeboat. It is one of several that came into the possession of my wife, Manx by birth, from her immediate family.
Although the lifeboat pictures are not... - View image in PDF
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Albion and Esther
FlSHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.—While a strong gale was blowing from N.N.W., accompanied by a rough sea and squally weather, on the 3rd August, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Albion, of and from Buncorn, for the Yealm river,...
Contents
News and Views The latest news from and about the RNLI At the Sharp End Lifeboat services - some seen through the eyes of the casualty The Annual Meetings 14 The Annual General Meeting and the Presentation of Awards were held at the Barbican...
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JANUARY 30TH. - FLAMBOROUGH; YORKSHIRE. At about 12.45 P.M. the coastguard asked that the life-boat should be launched to search the steamship channel between Flamborough Head and Filey Brigg, as firing or explosions had been heard. An E.S.E...
Fishing Cobles (2)
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 11.45 on the morning of the 1st of February, 1960, the life-boat /. G. Graves of Sheffield was launched in a light south- easterly wind and a rough sea, as five local fishing cobles were at sea and the weather was...
A Canoe
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 12.52 on the afternoon of the 10th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man was adrift and in difficulties in a canoe off Yarmouth beach, approxi- mately one mile...
Thanks from British Railways
The British Railways IRB station, which was established in May, 1968, on the south side of the River Tay to provide protection for the teams of workmen on the bridge, receives training assistance from the Droughty Ferry...
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Adelaide
When the brigantine Adelaide, of Fowey, with a cargo of coal for Par, was anchored in ParBayonthe nightof the 12thFebruary a S.S.W. gale sprang up. The vessel dragged her anchors, losing one and finally bringing up in shallow water, close...
A Boat (2)
Dover, Kent.—At 1.12 on the aftefc noon of the 19th of May, 1957, the Sandgate coastguard reported that the South Goodwin lightvessel hadreported a boat drifting three quarters of a mile north-north-west of the lightvessel. At 1.30 the...