LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Littlestone-On-Sea
Littlestone-on-Sea lifeboat station, Romney Marsh in Kent, has for many years sold souvenirs from a table in the boathouse; now it has a new souvenir shop. It was designed by Ken Boardman (I), the station honorary secretary, and Crew Member... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Bravery at Torbay. Two Men Received Awards
A SERVICE which will be recorded on the station board with the curt statement "Stood by vessel" was recently carried out in such exceptionally difficult conditions that it has led to the award of a silver medal to the Torbay...
Category: Services
Juan Therese
At 11.13 a.m. on 9th August, 1966, a yacht was seen firing distress signals in the vicinity of the Tongue sands. The life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 11.20 in a strong south south westerly wind and...
A Sailing Boat
Galway Bay. At 9.15 on the evening of the 18th of August, 1958, a message was received from Inishmaine Island that a sailing boat carrying turf had grounded in a nearby cove. At 9.30 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson put out in a choppy...
Fishing Boats (1)
On the 17th March, during an E. gale, a very heavy sea was running across the mouth of the harbour, and a number of the fishing-boats were lying off, waiting to get in when the tide flowed. As the sea was breaking heavily it was thought wise...
Water Lily
On the 27th May, while a strong gale was blowing from the N.N.E., with a very heavy sea and thick weather, a vessel was seen making for the Cockle Gat. Her sails were blowing about, and when the weather cleared a flag was observed in the...
Taranaki
Torbay, Devon. — At 10.15 in the morning of the 30th of March, 1952, the life-boat shore attendant reported that a ship at the mouth of Torbay had asked for a pilot. The breeze from the east-north-east was moderate, but the sea was rough and...
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FLARES LIT FOR CLIFF SEARCH PARTY Weymouth, Dorset. At 10.36 on the night of the 15th August, 1962, the Wyke coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boy was missing on the cliffs at Durdle Door and said that the police had asked if the...
Ocean Star
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 9.28 on the evening of the 19th of August, 1958, the coxswain intercepted a mes- sage from the trawler Ocean Star of Lerwick that she was in broken water near the rocks not far from Peterhead harbour and needed...
A Cabin Cruiser
Broughry Ferry, Angus.—At 3.47 on the morning of the 30th of June, 1957, the Dundee police telephoned that a cabin cruiser was drifting up the River Tay towards the Tay bridge and was in danger of colliding with the stone piers of the Tay...