LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 2.35 on the afternoon of the 22nd of June, 1957, at the time of the Penarth regatta, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans put out in a rough sea, with a fresh south-easterly breeze blowing and rain, to help...

Tommy Taylor aged 85 in April has been a member of the Gravesend branch ] committee for over 25 years and box secretary for over 10 years.

This picture was taken at a film night, given by John Gamble, RNLI organiser for... - View image in PDF

INJURED IN EXPLOSION Dover, Kent. At 2.8 p.m. on 3rd February, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Foxfield had reported an explosion on board and needed the services of a doctor, life-boat and a tug....

WHITBY. — The fishing-cobles Lady Morris and Anne Elizabeth, of Whitby, which had gone out fishing in the morning of the 5th October, were reported at about 2 P.M. to be just outside the bar, their crews making signals by blowing their...

At 12.12 a.m. on I9th August, 1966 it was reported that a small dinghy with one occupant was overdue from a fishing trip.

There was a calm sea. It was two hours before low water. The life-boat The Baltic Exchange proceeded...

MOTOR YACHT TOWED THROUGH ROUGH SEA Ramsgate, Kent. At 3.47 on the afternoon of the 12th September, 1962, the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis had just reached her moorings after an exercise when the east pier watchman reported that a yacht...

THE Life-boat Saturday season is now in full swing and all over the country the various Committees and Ladies' Auxiliaries which have been organised for helping on the movement are hard at work. During the last few months a slight...

Stromness, Orkney.—During the night of the 9th—10th December, 1938, the Grimsby steam trawler Rinovia, homeward bound from fishing, and carrying a crew of nineteen, ran aground at Rusk Holm, Isle of Eday. Her signals of distress were seen by...