LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 4.10 on the afternoon of the 2nd July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a dinghy with three men on board was in difficulties one mile off Jaywick. A gentle north-westerly wind was blowing...
Life-Boat Wedding
IN 1957 Miss Christine Ford, who was then aged 15, became the youngest honorary secretary of a financial branch. The branch was Portslade in Sussex. Her parents are both enthusiastic supporters of the life-boat service and for many months... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Rig Supply Vessel Sinks After Collision
Cramer's Tyne class lifeboat Ruby and Arthur Reed II is pictured standing by the rig supply vessel Si Mark shortly before she sank on 6 August 1990.
The lifeboat had been launched at 1620 following a Mayday call from... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Stresze
All in a day's work...
Eastbourne crew's first aid examination was interrupted on 1 August by an urgent message over the VHP radio from the Dutch yacht Stresze. requesting medical assistance some ten miles SE of...
H.M. Trawler Valesca
APRIL 1ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 6.25 P.M. the coxswain was told by a private of the 23rd Royal Fusiilers that a vessel about two miles N.E. of Cromer wanted a doctor.
This was confirmed by the coastguards, and at 6.50 P.M....
Ziska, of Liverpool
AUGUST 2 8TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 10.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht going north might need help. A strong southsouth- east wind was blowing and there was a heavy swell. At 10.55 the...
Better than fiction
Neil Oliver’s fascination with daring deeds has led him to champion the RNLI – and he’s been in deep water himself a few times, as he tells Rory Stamp
With his rich Scots accent and long black hair, broadcaster, writer and...
Category: Articles
Books
• Sailing Years, an autobiography by K. Adlard Coles (Granada Publishing, £9.95) is .fascinating reading because alongside the tales of this well-known sailor there emerges the story of the development of sailing and racing offshore. I...
Category: Articles
Payback Time
Payback time Sailor Graham Wills has always supported the RNLI but, as he tells Rory Stamp, a rather unpleasant experience led him to go a little further for the charity When the flashing blue light appeared through the darkness, Graham...
Category: Articles
Lifeboat Lottery
Lucky Lifeboat Lottery winners Mr and Mrs Fisher of Chester so enjoyed their prize holiday that they wrote to tell the Lifeboat magazine all about it The spring 2004 Lifeboat Lottery prize was a trip on the world's most celebrated train,...
Category: Articles