LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Alonso
ST. IVES, -CORNWALL.—At 12.15 A.M. on the 10th January the Life-boat Exeter was launched, it having been reported that a vessel lying about five miles W. of St. Ives Head was burning flambeaux and blue lights. A strong N. gale was blowing...
Tuano
DINGHY'S CREW SAVED At 9.40 p.m. on 3ist July, 1964, the coxswain noticed that a sailing dinghy was being driven on to the lee shore of Ireland's Eye by a near gale force westsouth- westerly wind. It was low...
Belmare
Penlee, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 27th of September, 1960, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the life-boat Solomon Browne would be required to take a sick man off the Swedish tanker...
A Motor Yacht
Coverack, Cornwall. — 14th August, 1939. A motor yacht was on fire amile E. by N. of Dollar Point, but when the life-boat arrived her crew of five had already taken to their boat and had been picked up by a fishing...
(Below) Mrs Susan Hunter-Pease Wife of Mr Charles Hunter-Pease the Sates and Marketing Director of Volvo Concessionaires
(below) Mrs Susan Hunter-Pease, wife of Mr Charles Hunter-Pease, the Sates and Marketing Director of Volvo Concessionaires, names the new Mersey Class lifeboat Lifetime Care at a ceremony at the RNLI's Poole depot. The lifeboat is the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Motor Cabin Cruiser Gannet
TOW ROPE WAS CUT At 2.15 p.m. on nth September, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor cabin cruiser was aground on the Black Middens rocks half a mile from the life-boathouse.
There was a...
A Trawler (8)
OCT. 1ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A small trawler had been reported in a sinking condition fifty miles away, but another vessel took her in tow. The lifeboat returned after being out for over nine hours. - Rewards,...
A Landing Craft
AUGUST 29TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A landing craft had been reported in difficulties with her engine broken down, but she anchored, and the life-boats were not needed. - Rewards : Aberystwyth,...
A Vessel (4)
APRIL 15TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A vessel laden with ammunition had a fire on board, but it was got under control and the life-boat was recalled.- Rewards, £3 2s. 6d..
A Dinghy (5)
JULY 2ND. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A dinghy, thought to belong to a missing Wellington aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Blackpool, £8 2s. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £7 6s....