LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ex-Coxswain Joseph Woodhouse
The following retired coxswains have died: Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas served continuously in life-boats from 1919 until his retirement in March, 1967, the last 1 years as coxswain of the Sennen Cove, Cornwall, lifeboat.
Mr...
Category: Obituaries
Shidajo
CATAMARAN A yacht in difficulties about half a mile offshore on 28th June, 1971, led to the Humber, Yorkshire, life-boat City of Bradford III being launched at 12.25 p.m. in a fresh to strong west north westerly wind and a rough...
Lifeboat International By Commander Peter D Sturdee Obe Rn
FIRST EVER LIFEBOAT INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION PLYMOUTH: JULY 19 - AUGUST 17LIFEBOAT INTERNATIONAL is the slogan chosen for the International Lifeboat Exhibition which is to be held in West Hoe Park, Plymouth, from July 19 to August 17. It is...
Category: Articles
Oakley Tribute
Mr. R. A. Oakley, M.B.E., M.R.I.N.A., the life-boat designer, who last year retired from full-time service with the Institution, received a letter in November, 1966, from Coxswain W. Sheader, of the Scarborough lifeboat J. G. Graves of...
Category: Correspondence
Fydlyn Bay
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 9.10 p.m.
on I4th May, 1967, information was received that the motor fishing vessel Fydlyn Bay, on passage from Morecambe Bay to Holyhead, had developed engine trouble but was expected to arrive at 2...
Henri Altazin
Humber, Yorkshire - At 3.45 p.m.
on 2nd June, 1967, it was reported that there was a sick man on board the French trawler Henri Altazin. The trawler was due to arrive at the Spurn lightvessel at 2 a.m. on 3rd June. The life...
New Ways of Raising Money
Harrow County School, Middlesex, in April got sponsors for ''bar billiards'.
Five boys played billiards continually for 72 hours, thereby breaking the world record for this type of event. At the time it was...
Category: Donations
Midnight Marauder and a Dinghy
Plastic sheeting HM COASTGUARD informed the deputy launching authority of Dover lifeboat station at 0452 on Saturday October 17, 1981, that the Dutch yacht Midnight Marauder, being sailed singlehanded, was in difficulty with a fouled...
Kabalo and Flandres
FEBRUARY 12TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 7.32 A.M. the Deal coastguard reported that a collision had occurred near the Fork Buoy.
A fresh southerly wind was blowing, with amoderate sea. It was snowing. The motor life-boat Charles...
A Boston Aeroplane's Dinghy
JUNE 27TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 12.7.P.M. the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea off Chapel, and the motor lifeboat Anne Allen was launched at 12.37 P.M.
A light N.E...