LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Scarab
Mudeford, Hampshire. At 2.13 p.m.
on I2th April, 1964, inshore rescue boat no. 7 was launched to aid the yacht Scarab, which, with a crew of two on board, had run aground on the bar. There was a moderate south-westerly...
At Port St.Mary Each Tuesday Throughout
At Port St Mary each Tuesday throughout the summer The Strolling Players II. to r.) Elizabeth Coombes, John Watterson and Alice Wilson, dressed in Manx costume, meet outside Crowe's 'Examiner' shop to entertain tourists, playing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Zircon (1)
On the bar THE SERVICE BY FWLLHELi lifeboat and Criccieth ILB to the yacht Zircon during the early hours of September 1, 1977, was reported in the winter 1977/78 issue of THE LIFEBOAT. Zircon, with four people on board, had run aground...
Pandora
Wicklow.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 18th of July, 1953, the life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched in a choppy sea, with a moderate north- westerly breeze blowing. She was due to attend a life-boat flag day at Grey- stones, but six miles...
Fishing Boats
.—On the evening -of the llth January, considerable anxiety was felt for the safety of fourteen fishing boats belonging to Poole, the south- westerly wind having suddenly increased to a whole gale whilst they were out at sea. Many members...
Lark
In a strong E.S.E. gale, thick weather, and very choppy sea, on the 13th'December, the steam trawler Lark, belonging to Hull, and bound for that port with a load of fish, stranded on the rocks about five miles north of Flamborough Head...
S.S. M. Bingul
7,000-TON CARGO SHIP ON GOODWIN SANDS Walmer, Kent. At 10.10 on the morning of Tuesday the 10th of September, 1963, Deal coastguard told the honorary secretary that an unidentified cargo vessel was aground on the Goodwin Sands mid-way...
Building a Rother Class Lifeboat: Part V—Planking
AFTER MANY MONTHS of patient craftsmanship, fitting, shaping and building up the many members which make up a boat's frame, RNLB Shoreline, building at William Osbornes of Littlehampton, is now being planked. The hull is taking form.<...
Category: Articles
Publican and Prankster Geoff Atkinson
Publican and prankster Geoff Atkinson is not the kind to throw the towel in when it comes to a bet. In fact, the landlord of the Fleece Inn at Holme is more likely to wear one! Geoff s latest stunt to raise money for the RNLI was to wear the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Violet Sinclair
Barmouth, Merionethshire - At 7.21 p.m. on 8th July, 1966, a fishing boat was seen firing distress flares two miles off Llangelynin point. The life-boat The Chieftain was launched at 7.34 in a gentle westerly wind and a moderate sea. She...