LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Coxswain's First Service
ON the morning of 10th October, 1935, the barge British Oak, of Roches- ter, was running for Ramsgate. She was bound from Goole to Hayling Island, with a crew of two men and a cargo of coal, and had been wind-bound off Deal for several days....
Category: Services
A Punt
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—A routine exer- cise had been arranged for the life-boat A.E.D. at 2.30 on the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1953, but at 1.40, when the coxswain, motor mechanic and his assistant were preparing her for sea, the...
Neptunia (1)
Longhope, Orkneys, and Thurso, Caithness- shire.— On the 21st February the French trawler Neptunia ran aground, and her crew of forty-one were rescued by the Longhope lifeboat.
The Thurso life-boat was also...
Mafalda (1)
Ilfracombe, Devon.—-At 3 O'clock in the morning of the 27th of July, 1948, the coastguard reported flares, and at 3.30 the motor life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was launched. The weather was fine with a calm sea. The life-boat found the...
Erisca
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At eleven o'clock on the night of the 4th of April, 1956, the Needles coastguard rang up to say that a man had reported that a dinghy, in which three people were coming ashore from the yacht Erisca in Totland Bay...
Cover Picture
Many voluntary workers with long associations with the R.N.L.I. can remember when they first became interested in the life-boat service. Certainly nowadays every effort is made in schools all over the country to interest children in the epic... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats
Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—During the morning of the 19th January a strong west breeze sprang up, bringing a very heavy sea, which broke dangerously outside the harbour. About twelve small fishing-boats were at sea, and anxiety was felt for...
An Aeroplane (26)
JULY 29TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 8.32 in the morning the Cromer coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in flames four miles south-east-by-east of Cromer. A light southerly wind was blowing, with a smooth sea. The No. 1 motor...
Insight
RescUe Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from around the uK and Roi to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. see pages 20–27 for rescues marked and page 13 for a roundup of lifeguard activity...
Category: Articles
Sea Lion
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 10.20 on the night of the 10th of May, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that red flares had been seen off Manghold Head. At 10.45 the life- boat Thomas Corbett was launched in a moderate sea....