LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Pulling Boat (1)
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.41 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a small pulling boat was in difficulties 2 1/2 miles S.E. from Berwick Pier, and the motor life-boat J. and W. was launched at...
Penguin
AUGUST 14TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. At noon information was received from a resident of Millisle and the coastguard, that a small yacht, with two boys aboard. had broken from her moorings and was two miles off Ballywhiskin, drifting swiftly...
The S.S. Glendenning
JANUARY 19TH. - BLYTH, NORTH-UMBERLAND. At about 11 A.M. the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore on the rocks close to the east pier.
A strong S.S.E. wind was blowing, with very heavy seas. The motor life-boat...
Life-Boatmen on the Air. Coxswain's Talks and An Empire Broadcast
AFTEK their busiest winter on the seas for twenty years, life-boatmen have been very busy during the past year on the air. There have been nine broadcasts in which English, Scottish, Irish and Welsh coxswains have taken...
Category: Articles
Ocean Belle and Pacific
BULL BAY.—At 2.15 P.M. on the 22nd December, 1886, a signal of distress was shown by the schooner Ocean Belle, of Amlwch, which was at anchor in a dangerous position in the Bay, Anglesey, during a strong wind from the...
Gala Performance
A Royal gala performance of the musi- cal version of The Admirable Crichton with Kenneth More and Millicent Martin will be held in aid of the In- stitution at a London West End theatre, on lyth December.
Seats will be...
Category: Donations
A Speed Boat
Jammed gears MOELFRE HONORARY SECRETARY W3S informed by the Coastguard at 1537 on Sunday, March 30, that a 14' open speedboat with a 25 hp engine, carrying a crew of four, had broken down, her gears jammed, 2| nautical miles south south...
Helping Hands
Photo: East Anglian Daily Times The East Anglian Daily Times newspaper has raised £50,000 towards the new boathouse at Harwich through its Heroes at Sea Appeal.
As part of the appeal, all schools throughout Suffolk and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Broughty Ferry - Scotland Division
Broughty Ferry's Arun can be seen lying afloat just to the right of centre in the main photograph, with the boathouse on the foreshore at the far right.
The boathouse is now home to the boarding boat and D class... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Luke John
Tyne class in five-hour search The Mumbles lifeboat crew, below, discuss operations with police divers during a service on 24 November 1991 to local charter fishing boat Luke John.
The casualty sunk at anchor within two...