LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jim
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.31 a.m. on 3rd November, 1968, the coastguard reported that flares had been seen in Sandwich bay at the entrance to the river Stour. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 7.40 in a southerly gale...
The Name's Bond...
When you think of Bond, most of you will think of James Bond - 007 with shaken, not stirred, vodka-martini cocktails. But the RNLI's real Bond is Peter Bond, Morecarnbe's D class lifeboat. Instead of a car with machine guns hidden... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brede
Introduced In 1982, the Brede, although an Intermediate class lifeboat rather than allweather, can generally operate in any conditions experienced at the stations to which it is allocated.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: Sheerness Trent Class Lifeboat George and Ivy Swanson
Above: Sheerness Trent class lifeboat George and Ivy Swanson helps to evacuate crew from their vessel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Seven-Year-Old Neil West
Seven-year-old Neil West, of Ravensheud, proudly displays the "Jiin'/l Fix It" budge and Storm Force certificate he received after appearing on Jimmy Savile's popular BBC television programme. Neil wrote to the programme... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Onward
NOVEMBER 5TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. The motor fishing boat Onward, of Rosslare Harbour, had not returned with the rest of the fishing fleet.
A N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain, and as the...
A Steam Trawler
Stromness, Orkneys.—19th November, 1938. A steam trawler had stranded at Skea Skerries, Westray Firth, but got off and was beached at Rousay.—Rewards, £24 3*. Sd..
A Yacht (7)
AUGUST 28TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. A yacht had gone ashore on rocks under high cliffs, but the life-boat could not get to her, and her crew were rescued by the Freshwater coastguard life-saving apparatus, who were awarded the shield for...
The Screw Flat Victoria
The screw flat Victoria, of Liverpool, bound from Pen- maenmawr to Birkenhead with a cargo of macadam, became unmanageable in the Rock Channel on the 12th March, in consequence of a mishap to the steering gear and the bursting of the...
Eileen
ESCORTED TO SAFETY At 8.15 a.m. on loth November, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Eileen had not returned to the harbour since leaving at two o'clock the previous afternoon. In view of the worsening...