LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cover Picture
When the Duchess of Kent, whose husband, the Duke of Kent, President of the R.N.L.I., visited Exmouth, Devon, earlier this year, she was taken to sea by Coxswain Brian Rowsell aboard the 48-foot 6-inch Solent class steel life-boat City of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barrow September 27 1986:
Barrow, September 27, 1986: from model lifeboats to the real thing! The model lifeboat rallies organised by Des Newton since 1979 helped provide the funds to pay for Barrow's new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat, Modeller I. The handing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Agnes and Mary, of Glasgow
Early on the morning of the 30th May, the smack Agnes and Mary, of Glasgow, struck on the rocks off this place, during a strong northerly wind and heavy surf. The Groomsport life-boat put off, and brought the master of the smack safely...
Pilgrim
EYEMOUTH. — The James and Bachel Orindlay Life-boat was launched at 1 A.M.
on the 30th May to the assistance of the fishing-boat Pilgrim, of Eyemouth, which was in a dangerous position in the roadstead during a heavy gale...
A Fishing Boat
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 1.38 on the after- noon of the 26th of November, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that eight fishing cobles were still at sea in bad weather. At 1.50 the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted was launched in a flooding...
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Longhope, Orkneys.—On the morning of the 21st February, a resident of Heckness reported that it was necessary to get his son to Scapa in order that he might be operated upon for appendicitis, but that the conditions were too bad for any...
A Catamaran
CATAMARAN CAPSIZED At 4.25 p.m. on i4th August, 1965, the coastguard reported that a large catamaran had capsized about one mile off shore, east of the harbour. There was a moderate west-south-westerly breeze with a choppy sea. The life-boat...
Rose of Lancaster
OPERATION AT SEA Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5 a.m. on nth January, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Rose of Lancaster of Liverpool had a sick man on board who required medical attention. There was a...
William Wouldhave's Centenary
THE 28th September of this year was the centenary of the death of William Wouldhave, of South Shields, whose name will always be honourably remem- bered, with those of Lionel Lukin, of London, and John Greathead, also of South Shields, as...
Category: Articles
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Stronsay, Orkneys - At 7.5 p.m.
on I3th June, 1966, the doctor in Eday reported that he had a patient requiring hospital treatment. The life-boat The John Gellatly Hyndman left her moorings at 7.30 in a moderate easterly...