LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
'Life' Landmark:
'Life' landmark: Derek Scott, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, pictured during the special "This Is Your Life" programme about him. Derek, holder of the «/;.«, two silver and one bronze RNLI bravery awards, as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sangara
Penlee, Cornwall. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 25th of May, 1960, the honorary secretary was informed that a woman who was a passenger on board the m.v. Sangara of Liverpool, had had a haemorrhage and needed a doctor. The...
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Category: Advertisement
Offshore Winners
On a recent wet and windy day, the sun briefly shone on prizewinners. Colin and Daisy Coulson and their son Michael, as Steve Lang of Avon Inflatables and Sharon New of the RNLI presented them with their new Avon RIB, engine and trailer..<... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Westover
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 10.10 on the night of the 22nd of August, 1948, the shore attendant at East Pier reported flares from a vessel near No. 3 Brake Buoy, and the coastguard reported a vessel aground north of South Goodwin Lightvessel, which...
An Ex-Landing Barge
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 11.28 in the morning of the 19th of March, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel two miles south-east of the North Goodwin Lightvessel, was drifting south, apparently with no crew, and the life-boat Prudential was...
M.F.V. Hopeful
Ireland Division Fishing boat sinks ROSSLARE HARBOUR PORT AUTHORITY informed the deputy launching authority at 2220 on Saturday, June 19, that MFV Hopeful with two men on board was taking water and sinking rapidly in a position about two...
Ocean Pearl
HOWTH, co. DUBLIN.—The Life-boat James Stevens No. 7 succeeded in saving the ketch Ocean Pearl, of Wexford, and her crew of three hands on the 13th February. Shortly after 10 A.M. a message was received telephone that a vessel was drifting...
Welbeck
Aberdeen.—At 6.37 in the morning of the 13th of January, 1949, informa- tion was received from the Pilot Station that a vessel was aground to the north of the north pier, Aberdeen Bay, but was not making signals of...
Baltic Lily
DRAGGING ANCHOR Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 7 p.m.
on ist October, 1964, the coxswain was informed that the wife of the owner of the cabin cruiser Baltic Lily had asked for help to save the boat, in which they...