LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
ESCORT FOR NINE COBLES Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.30 on the morning of the 13th April, 1962, when nine cobles of the local fishing fleet were at sea in a freshening wind, the honorary secretary decided to launch the lifeboat The Isa & Penryn...
Sceptre
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 4.5 on the afternoon of the 29th of January, 1960, the life-boat /. G. Graves oj Sheffield was launched to the help of the motor boat Sceptre, which was in difficulties in worsening weather con- ditions one mile...
Fishing Vessels
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 5.18 on the morning of the 15th of March, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing fleet were returning to harbour, and as the weather was becoming...
Hertford and District Branch
Support the RNLI: A red London bus, Routemaster RM5, was lent to the Hertford and district branch as an entry in the Hertford Carnival.
The bus, which is about 25 years old, is the oldest in regular service (route number 29... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Appledore Boathouse Opening
Appledore boathouse opening The official opening and dedication of the Appledore lifeboat house took place on 29 September 2001. Storm Force member Harriet Weatherby Crompton (12) cut the ribbon and officially declared the boathouse open.<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Safety Awards
The RNLI has won a prestigious award from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA).
The gold award was given in recognition of the Institution’s commitment to protecting the health and safety of its...
Category: Articles
Oscar
BUDDON NESS, N.B.—At about 11 A.M.
on the 22nd February signal guns were fired from the Lightship, indicating that a vessel was ashore on the South Bank, or in imminent danger. The May Lifeboat proceeded to the spot as soon...
Royal
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 5.33 A.M. on the 12th October, 1939, the coastguard reported a ship ashore on the Goswick Sands. The weather was wet and cold, with a moderate easterly breeze and a heavy swell. At 5.57 A.M. the motor...
Dundalk
Clogher Head, Co. Louth. At 10.30 on the morning of the 14th of August.
1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the offices of a shipping company that the motor vessel Dun- dalk, belonging to the company, had...
Zyava III
TWO TAKEN OFF LEAKING FISHING VESSEL Fleetwood, Lancashire. On the afternoon of the 24th September, 1962, several people reported that a vessel was aground between the nos. 6 and 4 buoys in the Wyre Channel, and a radio message to the same...