LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
High Hopes
Engine failed MEMBERS OF REDCAR ILB CREW, Standing by in the boathouse on Thursday morning, June 10, sighted, at 1000, a red flare beyond Saltscar Buoy some three miles east of the ILB station.
The ILB was launched at 1005...
Bradley
THREE RESCUED Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 1.41 a.m.
on 24th May, 1964, the Castletown coastguard told the honorary secretary that the local motor boat Bradley was reported to have broken down if miles west of Chicken Rock...
Honours for lifesavers
Congratulations to the RNLI volunteers and staff who were recognised in this year’s New Year
Honours, for their contribution to saving lives at sea. MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire):
Richard Spindler a...
Category: Articles
A Motor Boat
DRIFTING BOAT TAKEN IN TOW Dover, Kent. At 3.19 on the afternoon of the 10th June, 1962, a message was received by the honorary secretary from the eastern arm signal station that an outboard motor boat had broken down off Kingsdown near St....
Gifts from Ship Owners
On 25th February, 1928, the Newburgh Lifeboat rescued' the crew, ten in number, of the steam trawler Isle of Wight, of Hull. Her owners, The Hull Steam Fishing and Ice Company, owning the Red Cross Fleet of trawlers, have become annual...
Category: Donations
Angmering Record
The Angmering, West Sussex, branch held its annual Garden Fete in June, in the grounds of Lord and Lady Delfont's Angmering House. Lady Delfont took over as president of the branch in September The amount of money raised has increased... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Radio Fees Success
The RNLI will spend significantly less money on radio licensing fees, following Ofcom’s announcement on new pricing for the maritime sector.
Our lifeboat stations and lifeguards rely on maritime VHF radio channels to...
Category: Articles
Glen
Aberdeen.—At 6.55 on the night of the 14th of February, 1951, the Greg- ness coastguard reported a small boat burning flares one mile east-north-east of Gregness. Fifteen minutes later the No. 1. life-boat Emma Constance left her moorings in...
Peru
A small yacht was observed on the West Hoyle Bank soon after midday on the 4th August with a signal flying denoting that they required assistance. The crew were assembled and the Life-boat H. G. Powell launched. There was a moderate W.N.W....
An Inflatable Dinghy (2)
Two ILBs search A SMALL INFLATABLE DINGHY in which it was thought there were two boys and which appeared to be in difficulty 600 yards off Southerness Light was reported to Silloth ILB station by Ramsey Coastguard at 1819 on Wednesday May 2;...