LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Canoe
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 11.5 on the morning of the 3rd of November, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a canoe was drifting two and a half miles south of the pier, and at 11.20 the life-boatBeryl Tollemache was launched in a rough sea, with...
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On the 25th February there was an urgent call from Inishere, about nine miles away, for a doctor. A strong N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and as the motor life-boat William Evans was the only boat which could make the trip, she...
Reedbird
At 3 p.m. on 9th August, 1966, news was received that the yacht Reedbird was in distress one mile west of the Bar lightvessel.
The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings at 3.8 and proceeded in a south south easterly...
A Dinghy (10)
At. 1.30 p.m. on 9th August, 1966, a dinghy was seen in difficulties in the Rock Channel. The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings at 1.45 and proceeded in a strong south south easterly wind and a rough sea. It was two hours before...
A Rowing Boat
At 2.56 p.m. on 3rd September, 1966, a rowing boat was reported in danger two miles north of the boathouse. Four minutes later the life-boat Watkin Williams was launched in a rough sea and a strong south westerly wind. It was one hour after...
Lymington's Atlantic 21
Lymington's Atlantic 21 was called out to the rescue of five Sea Scouts and two Scout Leaders when their canoes got into difficulties in very rough conditions on the Solent on 22 August 1992. Although photographs from the air always... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helping a Sick Soldier
The New Brighton life-boat carried out a very difficult service when, in a -rough sea, she brought a sick soldier ashore from a fort. He had to be lowered into the life-boat, lashed to his stretcher, while she was in violent motion all the...
Category: Articles
The British Airways Helicopter G-BEON
Crashed helicopter FALMOUTH COASTGUARD informed the deputy launching authority of St Mary's lifeboat station. Isles of Scilly, at 1250 on Saturday July 16. 1983, that the British Airways helicopter G-BEON was overdue at St Mary's...
Naming Ceremony at St. Ives
THE new St. Ives motor life-boat was named on the 17th of August. She is the eleventh life-boat that the station has had since it was established in 1840. The station has had a chequered history. Its life-boats have been out on service 180...
Category: Inaugurations
Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., K.B.E.
SIR GODFREY BARING, who retired from the Committee of Management in 1956 after having served on the Committee for forty-five years and having been the Committee's Chairman for thirty-three years, died on the 24th of November, 1957. Sir...
Category: Obituaries