LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Children's Friend
DRIFTING VESSEL At 2.31 p.m. on gth November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Children's Friend was drifting in a moderate sea and a fresh south-easterly breeze off the Point of Ayre. The...
Sea Hawk
Swanage, Dorset. At 1.32 p.m. on 16th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small outboard dinghy, situated offDurlston Head, was drifting on the tide with a man and boy on board. The life-boat R.L.P. was...
Norseman
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 2.15 p.m. on 29,th May, 1965, the fishing boat Norseman was reported aground on the Spur of Muckle. The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) was launched at 2.30. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze and...
Lolita
Mudeford, Hampshire. At 3.50 p.m.
on 28th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a speedboat was hi difficulties off Southbourne.
At 3.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a...
A Canoe
CANOE CAPSIZED Dover, Kent. At 1.5 p.m. on 25th July, 1965, the honorary secretary learned that a canoe with one man aboard was drifting towards the Admiralty pier. The life-boat Southern Africa proceeded at 1.20 in a strong south-westerly...
A Sailing Dinghy (4)
YACHT CAPSIZED Swanage, Dorset. At 5.45 p.m. on I7th September, 1965, a small yacht capsized in Swanage Bay opposite the Grand Hotel. At 5.59 the life-boat R.L.P. was launched. A gale was blowing from the west-south-west, the sea was rough...
Pern
Anstruther, Fife - At 3.26 a.m. on 28th October, 1966, red flares were reported eight miles south east of Fifeness. At 3.30 the life-boat The Doctors was launched. It was three hoursafter high water. At 9 o'clock the life-boat reached...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: Please Note Regretfully, only coxswains and branch and guild officials with a minimum of 10 years service can now be accepted for inclusion in the Obituaries column of THE...
Category: Obituaries
Dudley Branch
Following the loss of Penlee lifeboat in 1981, Dudley branch launched an appeal as a tribute to Mrs Mary Richards, mother of the late Coxswain Trevelyan Richards. A cheque for the £5,396.83 raised, which will go towards the purchase of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Well Dressing
Well dressing - a Derbyshire tradition dating back to 7350 - is a thanksgiving for the purity for the water in the village wells. The Sir William Hillary display, left, was designed by Ruth Markwell for the West Hallam branch and the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs