LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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....
Loango
On the 7th May a strong gale was blowing from E.S.E., and several vessels sheltering in the Bay were seen to be riding heavily to their anchors. Shortly before 2 P.M.
one of the schooners began to drag her anchors, and her...
Aberystwyth Lifeboat Flag Day
Aberystwyth lifeboat flag day, August 6, 1973: when the River Rheidol overflowed its banks, flooding a caravan and camping site, the D class inflatable lifeboat, crewed by Gwyn Martin, the station honorary secretary, and Ralph Kenyon,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Dinghy (16)
Howth, Co. Dublin - The life-boat A.M.T. was launched on 24th Angust, 1967, and landed the crew of two of a dinghy who had been rescued by the IRB. A full account of this service appears on page 304..
Sam Baxter
5am Baxter, president of Morecambe station branch, helps with a draw at Morecambe Yacht Club which raised more than £1,000 for the lifeboats. Ho/ding one of the prizes is the raffle promoter, Mrs Jean Kilpatrick. photograph by courtesy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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A Steamer (8)
JANUARY 30TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
A steamer had been bombed and sunk by enemy aircraft, five miles from Muckle Skerry, and one of the ship’s boats with sixteen men on board had been seen off Grimness, South Ronaldshay. The...
Normauwil
Belgian trawler LAND'S END COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Penlee lifeboat station at 0200 on Wednesday March 19, 1980, that the Belgian trawler Normauwil was stranded near the north arm of Newlyn Harbour, a mile north...
None (7)
Aith, Shetlands. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 23rd of December, 1958, a doctor told the honorary secretary that a woman on the Island of Foula had fallen and broken her hip and needed hospital treatment im- mediately. As the weather was...
Cromarty and Hartlepool
The life-boat at Cromarty has been withdrawn and the conventional life-boat at Hartlepool has been replaced with a fast IRB.
These decisions follow a review undertaken by a working party of the Committee of Management of...
Category: Articles