LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yacht Nicephore
Ramsgate, Kent.— At 7.55 in the morning of the 22nd of August, 1948, a message was received from North Deal that a schooner yacht, the Nice- phore, of France, with eight men, women and children on board, was aground on the Brake Sands. She...
Freeleen
ESCORTED At 6.12 p.m. on igth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Freeleen had broken down one and a half miles south of St. Albans Head. The life-boat R.L.P.
was launched at 6...
A Speed Boat
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 9.20 on the evening of the 4th of June, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police at Lymington had reported a small boat in distress off the West Lepe buoy. At 9.35 the life-boat S.G.E....
Peace
Clacton- on- Sea, Essex.—At 6.10 on the evening of the 7th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the crew of a yacht were shouting for help south- west of Buxey Sands. At 6.30 the life-boat //. C. J., on temporary duty at the station...
S.S. Brightside, of Middlesbrough
SEPTEMBER 27TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK.
At 9.15 in the morning the coastguard reported a small steamer aground on the east side of the Scroby Sands. A moderate west-north-west wind was blowing, with a ground swell. The...
The Sailing Boat Idle Hour
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 4 P.M.
on the 28th June, 1939, the crew and helpers had assembled for an exercise launch when the small sailing boat Idle Hour, of New Quay, with a crew of two, was seen drifting to the east of...
Some of the New Trent Class Can Be Funded By Single Legacies Or Appeals
Some of the new Trent class can be funded by single legacies or appeals - this is Fishguard's Blue Peter VII, funded by the BBC television programme's appeal - but increasingly it is necessary to fund or top-up from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hemisinus
Penlee, Cornwall.—At 10.45 on the night of the 24th of December, 1957, the honorary secretary received a message that there was an injured man who needed a doctor on board the tanker Hemisinus, of London, 150 miles south of Wolf Rock. A...
Mary Ann
At 1 A.M. on the 18th March the Coastguard reported that a large Government cruiser was signalling to the shore for immediate assistance. The crew of the Life-boat were promptly assembled, and in a choppy sea the Life-boat John BurcJi was...
The Danish Motor Vessel Baradrangur
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT FRASERBURGH FEBRUARY 8TH. - FRASER-BURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. In the night the Danish motor vessel Baradrangur, of Trangisvoag, with a crew of five, went ashore on the sandsto the south of Fraserburgh. Very heavy seas were...