LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Emergo III
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 4.45 on the morning of the 30th of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Emergo III, which had been carrying out survey work, had lost both anchors off Sizewell and had...
Lord Teynham DSO DSC RN
The deaths have occurred of Captain the Lord Teynham, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N., who served on the Committee of Management for 35 years, and Sir Eric Seal, K.B.E., C.B., also a member of the Committee of Management, who for 17 years was chairman...
Category: Obituaries
Boat Was Never More Than 150M from the Boathouse
Aberdovey helmsman Phil Nicol recovered from his brush with death (see page 8) In time to travel in style to his wedding on Easter Saturday. This caused quite a stir in the village. However, the boat was never more than 150m from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
July 31: Aberdeen Lifeboat the 54Ft Arun Bp Forties Helicopter In Tow Photograph By Courtesy of Rnas Lossiemouth
July 31: Aberdeen lifeboat, the 54ft Arun BP Forties, helicopter in tow. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of RNAS Lossiemouth. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailing Dinghy
Hastings, and Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 4.22 on the afternoon of the 13th of January, 1957, the Fairlight coast- guard telephoned that a sailing dinghy needed help four miles south of Bex- hill. At 4.37 the Hastings life-boat M.T.C. was...
The Three-Masted Motor Schooner Agnes Craig
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— During the morning of the llth June, 1938, the three-masted motor schooner Agnes Craig, of Dublin, ran aground on the N.W. side of Blackwater Bank, about fourteen miles from Rosslare Harbour.
A Boat
Ramsgate, Kent.—On the evening of the 16th May, the coastguard telephoned that the police had reported two men cut off by the tide in Pegwell bay. A gentle east breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat City of Bradford...
Mignonette
CAUGHT IN A STRONG EBB Swanage, Dorset.—At 3.23 in the after- noon of the 2nd of September, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht was flying a distress signal, and the motor life-boat Thomas Markby was launched at 3.35 in a...
Totland
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of August, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the ketch Totland, with a man, his wife and four children on board, was drifting near the Stones reef. At 5.35 the life-boat Edgar,...
The Sailing Boat Pila
Newhaven, Sussex. At 4.16 p.m. on 9th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht was in danger of being driven ashore in Seaford Bay.
The life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched at 4.25 in a moderate to fresh...