LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Zingari
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire - At 10.5 a.m. on 13th October, 1968, the coastguard reported that a flare had been seen off Sully island. The lifeboat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched at 10.15 in a south westerly gale with a rough sea. The...
A Fishing Vessel
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 7.40 a.m. on 30th October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a small fishing vessel had fired red flares from a position half a mile east of the harbour. The life-boat Dorothy and Philip Constant was launched at...
Sea Gull, of Dublin
AUGUST 12TH. - WICKLOW. At four in the morning a yacht was reported to be dragging her anchor on to a lee shore, off the breakwater. A moderate north-easterly gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The life-boat crew assembled and when distress...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
Anne
FLARES WERE SEEN Dungeness, Kent. At 8.35 p.m. on 22nd October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off Dengemarsh. There was a moderate westerly breeze with a rough sea. At 9.30 the life-boat Mabel...
A Sailing Dinghy
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 2.25 p.m. on 26th February, 1964, the coastguard saw a small sailing dinghy capsize about one and a half miles off shore. As it had previously been agreed that in the honorary secretary's absence, the...
Violet Stephenson, Seaflower and Golden Gleam
Boulmer, Northumberland - At 1.25 p.m. on 8th August, 1967, concern was felt for three cobles salmon fishing off Alnmouth in deteriorating weather conditions. The life-boat Robert and Dorothy Hardcastle was launched at 2.10 in a moderate...
Leander
FlSHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE. While a whole gale was blowing accompanied by a heavy sea on the night of the 2nd January, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Leander of Carnarvon, laden with meal from Paisley for...
New Committee of Management Members
Major General Ralph H. Farrant, C.B., and Mr. Michael Vernon have been elected to the Committee of Management of the Institution.
Major General Farrant is President of the Ordnance Board, War Office.
He...
Category: Committee
Peterborough Trader
Humber, Yorkshire.—At about 11.30 P.M. on the 20th January, 1939, the lifeboat watchman reported a vessel ashore on the Middle Binks. She was the motor vessel Peterborough Trader, of Wisbech, bound for the Humber. A light, variable, breeze...