LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Speed Boat (1)
Moelfre, Anglesey. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 18th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a speedboat had been seen to capsize a mile north- west of Moelfre Island and that shouts for help could...
A Steamer Phryne
SEPT. 24TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A message was received from the coastguard at 8 A.M. that a steamer was sinking through enemy action, three or four miles E. by N; from the look-out. A N.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy...
A Sailing Boat (3)
Selsey, Sussex. At 3.47 on the after- noon of the 23rd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had capsized off Bognor Regis. At 3.55 the life-boat John R. Webb, on temporary duty at the station...
A Rowing Dinghy
Walton and Frinton, Essex.— About 12.30 in the afternoon, on the 2nd of September, 1950, the Walton-on-the- Naze Coastguard telephoned that the crew of a rowing dinghy seemed to be in difficulties and drifting out to...
A Sailing Craft
WHILE ON PATROL Life-boat O.N. 44-001. At 1.45 p.m.
on yth August, 1964, while the 44-foot steel life-boat O.N. 44-001 was on patrol in the area of a sailing regatta, one sailing craft was seen to capsize in the strong...
Westcliffe Gallery
Am I Too Late No, you can still commission A Portrait In Oil or select one of the Old Marine Masters The RNLI / Westcliff Gallery offer goes on until 1st April 1989. See the centre spread of October issue or phone or sendaSAEforfullbrochure....
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A Fishing Coble
On the morning of the 4th December, the same Life-boat brought safely to land a fishing coble and her crew of four men, who had been caught in a gale from the E.S.E., and were in much peril..
A Fishing Boat (1)
On the night of the 10th of Novem- ber, 1955, the Newcastle, County Down, life-boat rescued the crew of four of a fishing vessel after six unsuc- cessful attempts. For a full account of this service, for which Coxswain Patrick McClelland has...
A Motor Fishing Boat
MAY 31ST. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
A motor fishing boat of Bridlington had broken down, but was towed into Bridlington by a Whitby fishing boat.- Permanent paid crew : Rewards, 6s.
A Swordfish Aeroplane
OCTOBER 24TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE. A Swordfish aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but two of her crew were saved by a rescue launch, and the third man could not be found. - Rewards, £19 11s. 6d..