LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
B.S. Colling
Several fish- ing boats and cobles put out early on the morning of the 24th November, but a strong sea got up and they all returned, except two boats and a coble.
The life-boat crew stood by all the morning and at 1 P.M....
White Rose
On the afternoon of the 29th December, 1932, it was learned that all the fishing boats had returned to harbour with the exception of the smallest, the White Rose. As the sea was rough with a moderate S.S.E.
breeze, the...
A Boat (1)
Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset. At 1.30 p.m. on i6th December, 1965, the second coxswain informed the honorary secretary that a small boat was drifting, out of control, down the channel on the ebb tide. The life-boat Calouste Gulbenkian was...
A Merchant Vessel
Long haul for Harwich's new Severn Harwich was the first station to receive a new Severn class lifeboat (on 20 October 1996) and it was not long before the speed and endurance of the new class was put to the test.
On 12...
Wisp
SEPT. 10TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. The coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Wisp, of Shoreham, had capsized about one and a half miles to the southward of the harbour entrance. A fresh westerly wind was blowing, with a rather...
Worthing
Walkers line up in front of Worthing pier, ready to begin earning sponsorship for their local branch. The Mayor and Mayoress of Worthing, Harrv and Stella Yates, were among the participants and around £1,000 was raised as a result. This... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Poole - South Division
Poole - home of RNLI Headquarters - boasts the second largest natural harbour in the world. The station's lifeboats are situated off the quay - just by Poole lifting bridge, shown up in the main photo, on the crown of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Avenir
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a strong gale from the S.W. and a rough sea on the 2nd September the brig Avenir, of and for Krageroe, Norway, from London, in ballast, parted both her anchors and drifted on1 to the Maplin Sands. The No. 1 Life-boat...
Zouave
During the night of the 7th February the schooner Zouave was lost on the Hasbro' Sand. She belonged to Ports- mouth, was bound from that place to Seaham, and carried a crew of 6 hands.
The night was hazy and the wind...
Kerry
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 30th September, 1961, the coastguard in- formed the assistant honorary secietary that a small yacht was making distress signals off Warden Ledge buoy in the West Solent. At...