LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat (5)
FOUR WERE RESCUED Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.25 p.m.
on 24th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a motor boat was reported to be in trouble off Port-e- Vullen in rough seas and a moderate...
A Sailing Dinghy (5)
TWO GIRLS IN SEA Life-boat O.N. 44-001. At 3 p.m. on 4th August, 1964, while the 44-foot steel life-boat O.N. 44-001 was on a publicity launch in company with the Bembridge life-boat, a small sailing dinghy was seen to capsize off Southsea...
Sans Peur
LIFE-BOAT ON PASSAGE On 22nd May, 1965, the new life-boat The Doctors, which was on passage to her station at Anstruther from the boatbuilders at Littlehampton, sighted the speed boat Sans Peur broken down one mile and a half east of Dover...
A Dinghy
Hartlepool, Co. Durham - At 12.50 a.m. on 8th September, 1966, a small dinghy, with one man aboard, was reported overdue from a fishing trip. At I o'clock the life-boat The Princess Royal (Civil Service No. 7) left her moorings in a...
None (1)
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides - At 11.50 p.m. on i6th December, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a patient required hospital treatment and requested that the life-boat be used. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 3...
Phase II and Raven
On service 11 hours ON MONDAY, MAY 31, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Walmer lifeboat station that a cabin cruiser had broken down in a position some three to four miles south east of the lifeboat station; she was drifting...
A Welcome at Bembridge Lifeboat Station for Nigel Foster Who Raised £350 for Bembridge
A welcome at Bembridge lifeboat station for Nigel Foster who raised £350 for Bembridge ladies' guild in the London Marathon. The cheque was received by Mrs S. Snelling, guild president. With them are (I to r front centre) Mrs D.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) a Vintage Gift: This 1926
(Below) A vintage gift: this 1926, four-seater open tourer Rolls-Royce 20 was generously donated to the RNLI and recently came under the hammer at a Christie's car auction at Beaulieu in Hampshire. In the words of the sale catalogue:... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Good Will Visit:
Good will visit: Eastbourne lifeboat set out last December to make the annual delivery of Christmas presents from the local townspeople to the Trinity House men of the Royal Sovereign light tower. When they got out there (right) they found... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Empress
Workington, Cumberland - At midnight on 2nd December, 1968, the coxswain reported that a fishing boat was overdue. The life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX slipped her moorings at 12.20 in a moderate easterly wind with a smooth sea. The...