LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Benachie
Moorings parted PENTLAND COASTGUARD telephoned the honorary secretary of Kirkwall lifeboat station at 0915 on Sunday January 22, 1984, to report that the 16-ton fishing vessel Benachie had parted her moorings and gone on to the beach on the...
A Fishing Boat (1)
On the morning of 8th April messages were received from the Coastguard and Police that a fishing boat was in distress in the Rock Channel. The No. 1 Pulling and Sailing Life-boat Anne Miles left her moorings at 11.45 A.M. in a moderate N.W....
Ripple
Salcombe, Devon.—At 8.1 on the even- ing of the 14th of July, 1957, the Hope Cove coastguard telephoned that a yacht needed help half a mile south- east of Prawle Point. At 8.10 the life-boat Samuel and Marie Parkhouse put out in a smooth...
Fishing Cobles (2)
The wind on the 12th April suddenly increased to the strength of a gale, and the sea became very heavy, when the fishing cobles were at sea. As their return would be attended with considerable risk to'those on board, the Life-boat was...
Notre Dame des Flots
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 5.49 in the evening of the 20th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a French fishing boat had been seen to go aground on the Brake Sands, and at 5.57 the life-boat Prudential left her moorings. The sea was...
Engine Trouble
SKERRIES | 8 SEPTEMBER
Four people needed our Skerries volunteers when their motorboat had electrical problems and they couldn’t start the engine. The RNLI crew launched just after 11am, quickly...
Category: Articles
Haddock Boats
The Life-boat Theophilus Sidney Echalaz was launched at 1 P.M. on the 18th March for the safety of seven crab boats and three haddock boats, as there was a very strong gale blowing from S.E., and there was also a heavy sea running. As the...
For Cuddles Was Their New 70kg Rescue Dummy
A trio of new arrivals at Burnham-on- Sea lifeboat station, Somerset, have been welcomed with open arms.
Joining a crew can be a nervewracking experience but it didn’t take long for Cuddles to settle in last year,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pegasus
HOLYHEAD. — Signals of distress were fired at 6.30 A.M., on the 9th December,1886, by the ship Pegasus, of and for Liverpool, laden with timber, which was in danger amongst the breakers in the S.E. part of the bay during a N.W.
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A Motor Boat (3)
LEAKING MOTOR BOAT At 4.17 p.m. on 13th July, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a white motor boat off South Stack was in trouble.
There was a slight sea with a gentle southwesterly breeze. The tide had been...