LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary received a telephone message from the Island Commission of St. John Ambu- lance that the ambulance launch was under...
Service to North Sea Oil Rig
THE members of the crews of the Scarborough and Teesmouth life-boats have both received framed letters of appreciation signed by the Chairman of the Committee of Management, Captain the Hon V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., for their services on the...
Category: Services
An Invitation to All Supporters
Annual Presentation of Awards ' It has been a busy year for the RNLI - in fact, probably its busiest ever in 181 years. Supporters are now invited to reflect on the events of 2005 at a very special day.The RNLI's Annual General...
Category: Articles
La Belle
CAISTER.—The No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched at 11 A.M. on the 28th January, and proceeded to the assistance of the brig La Belle, of Shoreham, bound from Shields to Poole, which vessel was ashore on the North Scroby, a heavy sea...
Four Fishing Cobles and Margaret and James
AIR AND SEA SEARCH FOR COBLE Filey, Yorkshire. At 9.20 on the morning of the 29th May, 1962, when several fishing cobles were at sea, the honorary secretary asked the coastguard about the weather prospects as conditions seemed to be growing...
Cover Picture
The cover picture by Richard and Sally Greenhill is of Coxswain William Sheader, aged 49, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, who joined the local life-boat in 1945. He was bowman from December, 1951, to December, 1954, when he became second coxswain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sailboards
Strong offshore wind results in four calls in an hour Hayling Island's Atlantic 21 Aldershot had a very busy hour or so on 8 May when she was afloat on exercise and then dealt with several casualties in quick succssion.
Zipporah
RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.—At about 4 A.M.
on the 30th August, while the wind was blowing strongly from the N.E., accompanied by a heavy sea, the schooner Zipporah, of Scarborough, which had been on the beach on the previous day...
A Dinghy (1)
FIVE WERE MISSING Troon, Ayrshire. At 6.30 p.m. on i ith October, 1964, the coxswain heard that five men of the St. Michael Sub Aqua Club had failed to return from a trip to Lady Isle. The sea was smooth with a light north-easterly breeze....
A Dinghy
Swanage, Dorset - At 6.15 p.m. on 18th June, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two men were clinging to a capsized dinghy off Durleston head. At 6.21 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched in a moderate south westerly wind...