LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Betima
FISHING VESSEL TOWED TO HARBOUR Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 1.43 on the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, a resident at Penivar informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing vessel had apparently broken down and was drifting in the...
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On the night of the 29th August the Berry Head coastguard was informed by a boy that three people were marooned on Cradle Rock, St. Mary's Bay. Dark- ness was setting in, and as no boat could be seen, the life-boat station was informed....
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MAY 13TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 3.40 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a small vessel was in distress off the South Stack. A squally south-west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat A.E.D...
White Heather
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.17 early on the morning of the 6th of August, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the police had reported that shouts for help had been heard from a boat off the holiday camp south-west of the pier. At 2.22 the...
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Damage on service PADSTOW LIFEBOAT, a 48' 6" Oakley, with midship steering, James and Catherine Macfarlane, launched on service at 2256 on Tuesday, December 7, to investigate a report of red flares.
The wind was...
Life-Boat Services
IT is satisfactory to find that during the terrific gales of the few months that have passed of the present year, the life-boats in connection with the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION have been instrumental in rescuing one hundred and...
Category: Services
Portrush
Godzilla looks as if she is beginning to feel the pace. It is hardlv surprising as she has had to battle against a strong northerly wind on her way into Portrush harbour, before turning for the finishing tine to overall first place in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sea Fisher
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 6.35 on the evening of the 2nd of October, 1960, the stageman informed the honorary secretary that a boat was drifting out of control up river with the tide. The life-boat Norman B.Corlett put out at seven...
Mount Ida and a Lowestoft Drifter
Cromer, Norfolk.—9th October, 1939.
After rescuing the crew of twenty-nine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey went to the help of a Lowestoft drifter, but found that her crew had been...
Frank and Rose
Frank and Rose Ide at Poole lifeboat station with their two younger sons, John (r), on leave from the Navy after serving with the South Atlantic Task Force in HMS Glamorgan, and Bob (I), member of Poole lifeboat crew. Frank and Rose's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs