LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aquilla
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 9.56 on the evening of 22nd April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a message had been received from the Dutch steamer Deo Gloria that she had the disabled yacht Aquilla in tow with two...
Wave
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—The ketch Wave, of Gloucester, bound from Padstow for Sydney, in ballast, was seen running for the harbour on the morning of the 21st March. As a strong N.N.E. gale was blowing at the time, and there was a very heavy sea,...
There they are, boy. They were heroes
Seventy years ago, St Ives in Cornwall lost seven men to the sea. Their lives are some of the many celebrated by the new RNLI memorial sculpture in Poole
Present-day St Ives Coxswain Tommy Cocking (53) is the great...
Category: Articles
Polar Prince
Cullercoats, Northumberland.—Shortly before 6 A.M. on the 23rd August, 1938, the Seaton Sluice coastguard reported a trawler ashore just south of St.
Mary's Island. A gentle southerly breeze was blowing, with a slight...
Marietta
Girvan, Ayrshire - At 8.45 p.m. on 4th June, 1966, flares were reported being burned by a small boat with six occupants which appeared to be in difficulties north of Girvan pier. The life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service...
The Converted Yacht Mary Ann
St. Helier, Jersey. At 3.50 on the morning of the 20th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man fishing at Plemont had heard shouts and seen white flares, and that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty close to...
Services of the Life-Boats In September, October and November, 1951. 65 Lives Rescued
DURING September life-boats went out on service 68 times and rescued 25 lives.
TWICE AGROUND Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 5.50 in the evening of the 1st of September, 1951, the coastguard reported that the yacht Alethea II, of...
Category: Services
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Capsize WEXFORD GARDA informed the honorary secretary of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station at 0115 on Saturday, December 24, 1977, that four red flares had been sighted off Bannow Bay towards the Saltees. At 0130 maroons were fired by the...
Lt-Cdr Roy Portchmouth Staff Inspector (Operational Developments Trials and Sea Training)
Lt-Cdr Roy Portchmouth, staff inspector (operational developments, trials and sea training).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) It Is Sharply Veed Forward for Easy Riding and Good Seakeeping
(Below) . . . it is sharply veed forward for easy riding and good seakeeping . . .. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs