LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Naval Sea Otter Seaplane
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 3.32 in the afternoon of the 17th of June, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that a naval Sea Otter seaplane had made a forced landing in Porthcothan Bay, and was attempting to taxi to Padstow. At 4.15 the No. 1 life-boat...
Kaylena
Newhaven, Sussex. — About three o'clock on the afternoon of the 7th of August, 1950, information was received that a small motor boat seemed to need help, one mile off Cuckmere Haven, At 3.20 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was...
Naom Cait
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At noon on the 24th of April, 1951, the Sea Fisheries Agent at Cahirciveen telephoned that the motor trawler Naom Cait, of Dublin, was missing with a crew of seven. At 12.15, the life-boat A.E.D.
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(Upper Left) Mrs Winifred Waring Honorary Secretary of Castleford Ladies' Guild and President of Castleford and Normanton International Soroptimist Club Together With Mis
(Upper left) Mrs Winifred Waring, honorary secretary of Castleford ladies' guild and president of Castleford and Normanton International Soroptimist Club, together with Miss Betty Moisly, Divisional Union President for Yorkshire... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Not Everyone Who Buys a Special Excursion Train Ticket to London
Not everyone who buys a special excursion train ticket to London from Liverpool costing £7 finds herself arriving at Euston station heralded by Royal Marine trumpeters and the winner of a two-week Mediterranean cruise for two people. It... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Success (1)
At 9.20 p.m. on loth May, 1967, a red flare was reported to have been seen half a mile off Pakefield rifle range. The lifeboat Frederick Edward Crick slipped her moorings at 9.30 in a fresh easterly wind and a choppy sea. The tide was...
Plover
FIVE TAKEN OFF Dover, Kent. At 3 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, a cabin cruiser off Cock Point was observed burning a red flare.
At 3.31 the life-boat Southern Africa put to sea. There was a strong south-westerly wind, the sea...
Ex-Coxswain John Watters
EX-COXSWAIN JOHN WAITERS Ex-coxswain John Watters died on 2nd September, 1965, aged 66. He had been coxswain of Fowey life-boat for more than 25 years and was awarded the RNLFs bronze medal for gallantry in 1947 f°r a difficult and...
Category: Obituaries
Guiding Star and Sea Witch
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10 a.m. on 3rd September, 1965, the honorary secretary, concerned for the safety of two fishing cobles which were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions, consulted with the coastguard. It was decided to launch the...
Medex 87
A NAVY Bomb Disposal team tackles still active wartime relic, caught in the nets of a fishing vessel.
A party of 10 anglers, adrift in their disabled boat, float into the danger area just as the wartime explosive...
Category: Articles