LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Keel Boats
RETURNED SAFELY At 8.45 a.m. on 3rd June, 1964, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that there was a heavy swell on the harbour bar and that four local fishing boats were still at sea. At 9 a.m. the lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth was...
Wave Dancer
Fishing trip on the rocks Anstruther - Scotland South Division A Glenrothes man's fishing trip ended on the rocks on 24 July, 1988 when engine failure on his 25ft cruiser Wave Dancer caused the boat to drift on to rocks by a nearby...
Atlantic College St.Donat's Castle
Atlantic College, St Donat's Castle: After naming the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat, John J. Louis, Jnr, the American Ambassador aboard American Ambassador (I) with Andrew Stuart, headmaster of the college and chairman of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Three Good Life-Boat Services
Eyemouth.—Shortly before noon on the 6th March, when a whole S.S.E. . gale was blowing, the Coastguard re- j ported that a vessel was in distress off j St. Abbs Head, and in urgent need of j assistance. The Eyemouth Life-boat | Anne Frances...
Category: Services
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JUNE 19TH. - MARGATE, KENT. Red flares had been seen four miles N.N.E. of Foreness Point, but nothing could be found.
-Rewards, £12 8s..
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Clovelly, Devon.—12th August, 1938.
A small boat had been reported capsized four miles north of Bude, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £18 4s..
Off on Passage - to Oslo!
The International Lifeboat Federation's 16th conference, held every four years in a different member country, was held in Oslo during the week commencing 3 June 1991, hosted by the Norwegian lifeboat service.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sea Flower
On the afternoon of the 15th, the gale then blowing very heavily, accompanied by squalls of rain, a vessel was seen driftii; g towards the shore at Donna Nook, which soon afterwards struck on the Hale Sand. The alarm was given at the...
New Pierhead Lifeboat Station and Slipway at Cromer
20 May 1999 - A major engineering feat, the completion of the new pierhead lifeboat station and slipway at Cromer, was celebrated inside the boathouse with the help of the Bishop of Norwich, the Very Reverend Peter Nott, RNLI Deputy Chairman... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Lighter
25th October. A wreck had been reported, but it was found later to be a lighter, with no one on board, which had foundered while being towed.—Re- wards, £26 15*. 6d..