LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Martell Cognac
The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
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The Seven Stones Lightvessel
Penlee, Cornwall. At 1.10 early on the morning of the 8th of May, 1960, the port medical officer told the honor- ary secretary that a member of the crew of the Seven Stones lightvessel was ill and asked if the life-boat could land him. At...
Fanfare
DISMASTED YACHT Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 10.20 p.m. on 7th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dismasted yacht with rigging fouling her propeller needed help one mile and a quarter south of West Princessa...
La Boussole
Sinking yacht JERSEY RADIO received a MAYDAY relay call at 2215 on the night of Sunday August 5, 1984. The 25ft French sloop, La Boussole, had hit a rock north of Alderney and was sinking. Alderney lifeboat station was notified and at 2233...
George, of Goole
On the night of the 20th January, the Yarmouth large life-boat went out in reply to signals of distress from a vessel on the Scroby Sands. There was a strong wind blowing at the time, with heavy squalls. On arriving at the spot the...
A Rubber Dinghy
RUBBER DINGHY CARRIED OUT TO SEA Barmouth, Merionethshire.—During the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1947, an aircraftsman got into difficulties while bathing. He found himself un- able to swim ashore and got into arubber dinghy, but he was...
Geronimo! Regular Customers of the Queen O'T'Owd Thatch Pub
Geronimo! Regular customers of the Queen o't'owd Thatch pub in South Milford made a sponsored parachute jump to raise money for Castleford ladies guild. A cheque for £906.50 was later handed over to Brian Stevenson, regional... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Boat Nancy
On the afternoon of the 25th June the sailing boat Nancy put out from West Hartle- pool, with four men and one woman on board, to fish. At 2.35 A.M. on the 26th the coastguard reported that the boat had not returned. The weather was very...
Elsie
Poole, Dorset.—At four o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th of August. 1954, a report was received that three boys in a cabin cruiser in Poole harbour were waving a white sheet. At 4.5 the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched. The...
Life-Boat Days
IN the article called " A Roam Through the Annual Report," which appeared in the last issue of The Lifeboat, it was stated that the number of places in which Street Collections had been held in 1928 was nearly 800, and that in this...
Category: Articles