LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Pinnace, Pinnace
Cromer, Norfolk - At 5.27 p.m. on 2nd March, 1968, the coxswain and motor mechanic saw distress flares from a small vessel two miles north west of the life-boathouse. The lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed was launched at 5.35 in a light north...
Stilalisanin
Cromer, Norfolk - At 7.25 p.m. on 30th August, 1968, an IRB crew member saw a small yacht dragging towards the shore. The IRB was launched at 7.28 in a light easterly breeze and a moderate swell. Itwas just after low water. She found the...
Sea Sweeper (1)
Appledore and Dfracombe, North Devon - At 8.35 p.m. on 17th July, 1969, the Hartland coastguard told the Appledore life-boat coxswain that the cabin cruiser Sea Sweeper, with two people on board, was in difficulties one mile west of Baggy...
The Private Wireless Transmitting Station Ocean 7 (Radio 270)
At 2.25 p.m. on 5th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the private wireless transmitting station Ocean 7 (Radio 270), had an injured man on board, and asked if the life-boat could take him off as he was hi...
Excellent
Torbay, South Devon - At 5.10 p.m.
on 8th March, 1967, it was reported that the motor fishing vessel Excellent's propeller had been fouled by a trawl. She was within half a mile of the Western Blackstone rock off the...
Zeus
At 11.10 a.m. on i6th April, 1967, a small boat which had left Shoebury for Wallersay bay, was reported overdue.
The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched at 11.20 in a moderate northerly wind and...
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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Harwich:
Harwich: At 0630 on the morning of Friday June 8, 1984, Harwich's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, John Fison, slipped her moorings to go to the aid of the 107ft schooner, Stina. Returning to Maldon from Amsterdam with nine people on board,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stina
Harwich: At 0630 on the morning of Friday June 8, 1984, Harwich's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, John Fison, slipped her moorings to go to the aid of the 107ft schooner, Stina. Returning to Maldon from Amsterdam with nine people on board,...
Flamborough
FLAMBOROUGH, Sunday May 12,1985: Flamborough's 37ft Oakley class lifeboat, Will and Fanny Kirby, launched at 1207. The Filey fishing coble, Gaidan, had been crabbing close in under the cliffs, north of Flamborough Head. The weather was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs