LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yarmouth Isle of Wight and Poole:
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, and Poole: While on passage from Guernsey to Portsmouth on Thursday August 19, 1982, the 30ft ferro-concrete gaff sloop Fairweather Father broke her rudder 18 miles south west by south of the Needles Lighthouse. A... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nancy Moran, of London and Nuculana
MAY 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. Shortly after five in the morning information was received through the coastguard that the South Goodwin Lightship had reported a collision.
The sea was smooth, but there was a thick fog, and the...
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
The following coxswains, members oj lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
Category: Awards
A Speed Boat and a Dinghy
Aberdovey, Merioneth. At 2.30 p.m. on 9th August, 1964, the Outward Bound Sea School look-out saw a submerged dinghy and a capsized speedboat with one person on board being carried put to sea by the ebbing tide. At 2.35 the inshore rescue...
My Beauty, Autumn Rose and Lewis James
Cromer, Norfolk-At 8.15 a.m. on 5th August, 1966, owing to the deteriorating sea conditions, concern was felt for the safety of three crab boats still at sea. The No. 2 life-boat William Henry and Mary King was launched at 8.30 in a moderate...
The 1985 Boat and Caravan Show Birmingham
Fund raisers from the Midlands manned the RNLI stand at the National Exhibition Centre; 123 Shoreline and 36 Storm Force members were enrolled and takings amounted to an impressive £8,521. The main RNLI exhibit was the new St Agnes D... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Teamwork By Pilot Winchman and Coxswain
Teamwork by pilot, winchman and coxswain. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of RNAS Culdrose. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eddy and Sid Present the Quids
Funnymen Little and Large presented a cheque for £1,100 to Blackpool lifeboat crew 24 August 1996. The money was raised from an angling competition organised by Blackpool Boat Anglers at their festival on the 17 and 18 of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Christmas Cards and Calendars
This year one of the life-boat cards has been designed by an 11 - year old girl, Philippa Mary Dudgeon, of Woking, Surrey, the overall winner of a life-boat Christmas card design competition organised by the children's magazine Look and...
Category: Advertisement
A Rubber Dinghy and Happy Despatch
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 9.5 p.m. on 2ist January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Royal Sovereign lightvessel had reported that red flares had been seen three miles to the north north east. The life-boat Beryl...