LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
The late HENRY CORKISH. who for 22 years was coxswain of the Ramsey life-boat, a certificate of service to his daughter.
To WILLIAM TRACEY, on his retirement, after serving for 4 years as coxswain, 10|- years as second...
Category: Awards
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
SOUTHWOLD.—We have inadvertently omitted to notice in its proper order a new life-boat, which was placed at Southwold, in Suffolk, in the autumn of 1852.
This boat was built by BEECHING and SONS, of Great Yarmouth, on the...
Category: Articles
Sinus
Sheringham, Norfolk. At i.io p.m.
on 5th September, 1965, the motor cruiser Sinus was reported to have broken down four miles north-east of the lifeboat station. The coastguard was informed and the motor cruiser was kept...
A Motor Cruiser and a Yacht
Cruiser sinks minutes after crew rescued Fowey South West Division The vigilance of Fowey Deputy Launching Authority Capt Mike Mitchell, which led to the Fowey lifeboat leaving harbour as a casualty fired her first red flare, has been...
A Motor Barge and a Tug
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT WICK SEPTEMBER 21ST. - WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE. At 2.25 in the morning a message came from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the rocks inside Duncansby Head and in need of immediate help, and at five minutes...
A Yacht and a Small Motor Launch
Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire. — 10th September, 1939. Information had been received that a yacht was in difficulties on the North Bank and a small motor launch aground. Both vessels were on a lee shore, with a strong...
Civil Joyce, Hellier, Blue Bird and Dorothy
The local fishing cobles Civil Joyce, Hellier, Blue Bird and Dorothy put to sea at 7 A.M. to haul lines which had been shot overnight.
The weather was fair. By 11 A.M. a north gale was blowing, with a very rough sea, and...
The R.A.F. and the R.N.L.I. at Work
The RAF and The RNLI at Work: The Beachy Head Lighthouse Service Described On Page 209. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: Poster By Peter Williams Aged 6 of Rugeley Staffs (7 Years and Under); Left: Poster
Above: Poster by Peter Williams, aged 6, of Rugeley, Staffs. (7 years and under); left: Poster by Simon Turner, aged 11, of Horley, Surrey (11 years and over)..
Category: Drawings
A Small Rowing and Sailing Boat
JULY 16TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE.
At 12.25 in the afternoon the Banff coastguard telephoned that a small rowing and sailing boat appeared to be in difficulties about one mile north-north-east of Banff. A fresh south-east...