LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Harvest Reaper
FISHING VESSEL ENTERS HARBOUR IN TOW Anstruther, Fife. At 10.5 on the morning of the 17th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two fishing vessels, one in tow of the other, were approaching the harbour. There...
Above: Porthcawl Pier.
Above: Ponhcaw! Pier. Even on a much calmer day, waves are still crashing over the pier. The sea was far rougher on the day of the rescue. - View image in PDF
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Mary Anne
Swanage, Dorset. At 12.44 on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a two-masted fishing vessel, Mary Anne, had hoisted a distress signal east of Durlston Head.
Her...
Rescuing a Cabinet Minister
The Shoreham Harbour motor life-boat returning on 12th September, after rescuing the Right Hon. J. H. Thomas, M.P., Secretary of State for the Dominions, whose motor boat had broken down when he was out fishing.
(See... - View image in PDF
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New Members of Committee of Management
COMMANDER SIR REGINALD LEEDS, Bt, R.N., and Mr. H. A. W. Oughton, O.B.E., have been co-opted members of the Committee of Management of the Institution.
Sir Reginald Leeds served in both the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force,...
Category: Committee
Canvassing Support
Mr Martin Harris, a well known artist whose works sell in London galleries for upwards of £1,000, is pictured with the painting that he generously donated to Sheerness lifeboat station at their last dance. The painting raised £575... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 8TH. - THE HUMBER , YORKSHIRE. A red flash or distress signal had been seen off Withernsea, but nothing could he seen or heard, and after six hours at sea during the night the life-boat returned.
- Permanent paid...
Golden Eagle
Whltehills, Banffshlre.—At 4.55 on the afternoon of the 5th of June, 1956, the life-boat's second coxswain report- ed that he had seen a fishing vessel some three miles from Whitebills apparently out of control and drifting to the shore...
A Boat
At 2.30 P.M. on the 15th May the coastguard received a telephone message from Gravir post office that at 7 A.M. three men had put off from Lemreway in an open boat to fish, and had not been seen or heard of since. A strong N.N.E. gale was...
Dangerous Gas on Blazing Fishing Vessel
Tynemouth's Arun class lifeboat George and Olive Turner was called to the aid of the fishing vessel Kalisto which caught fire on 15 September 1990.
The two crew had jumped overboard and been airlifted ashore, but... - View image in PDF
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