LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rapid
Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 6.30 p.m.
on 3rd June, 1965, the motor fishing vessel Rapid was reported overdue. The coxswain contacted Ballycotton lighthouse in order to find out if they could see the Rapid. The lighthouse...
Rising Venus
Dunbar, East Lothian.—At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 27th of September, 1952, the honorary secretary saw a motor boat in difficulties off the har- bour and kept her under observation.
She drifted slowly towards the rocks...
Stores Depot: Every Kind of Spare Part from Marine Engines to Nuts and Bolts Is Housed In a Warehouse on Poole Quay
Stores depot: every kind of spare part from marine engines to nuts and bolts is housed in a warehouse on Poole Quay.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Barbecue
TWO MEN RESCUED AFTER DINGHY CAPSIZES Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 18th August, 1962, the Needles coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the sailing yacht Barbecue, which had a crew of two, had capsized...
Woolwich Infant
At 9.30 A.M. on the 4th April, during a moderate E.N.E. gale and rough sea, the ketch Woolwich Infant, of Falmouth, parted her cable and drifted rapidly towards the Cowloe Rocks. A signal of distress was hoisted, and in response the...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 12.12 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the chairman of the branch, who was acting as honorary secretary, that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half from South Pirsey...
Eloise
Margate, Kent. At 6.56 on the evening of the 17th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties on Margate Sands. At 7.4 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched on...
Lifeboat Exhibition:
Lifeboat exhibition: West Mersea Primary School is a loyal supporter of the lifeboat service, having contributed more than £1,000 during the past few years. For its latest project individual children wrote to 150 lifeboat stations... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats
Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—The local fishing fleet put to sea at about 5 A.M. on the 28th October, 1937, in fair weather. By 9 A.M. a moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain, and an hour later the harbour entrance...
Ispilen
CLACTON.— Signals from the Swin Middle Light-vessel were observed on the morning of the 17th February, during a N.E. wind and a rough sea. The Albert Edward Life-boat was launched at 3.30; proceeded to the Light-vessel, and found the crew,...