LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Civil Servants' Gift
The first of the new 52-foot glass reinforced plastic life-boats to be built from the latest 52-foot prototype fast afloat boat (see pictures page 109) designed by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution is to be paid for by voluntary...
Category: Donations
Border Queen
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 12.10 on the afternoon of the 15th May, 1961,the coastguard told the honorary sec- retary that a fishing vessel, with a crew of four, had broken down and was drifting two miles north of Heugh. The men were waving a...
Mary Anne
Plymouth, Devon. At 7.30 on the evening of the 3rd August, 1961, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a yacht near Mewstone had fired distress signals. At 7.44, when the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse was launched, a gentle...
Trumpeter
Plymouth, Devon - At 10.10 p.m. on ist April, 1967, a yacht was reported to be in difficulties inshore and dangerously close to rocks near the Royal Western yacht club. She appeared to be trying, without success, to pick up a mooring.The...
An Outboard Gemini Craft
St. Ives, Cornwall - At 8.17 p.m. on I3th May, 1967, it was reported that an outboard Gemini craft had left Porthmeor Cove at 2.30 and had not been sighted since. The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was launched at 8.50 in a...
'Life' Landmark:
'Life' landmark: Derek Scott, coxswain of The Mumbles lifeboat, pictured during the special "This Is Your Life" programme about him. Derek, holder of the «/;.«, two silver and one bronze RNLI bravery awards, as... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cogswell & Harrison Ltd
ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST POWERFUL FLASHLIGHTS DYNALITE FLASHES One of the world's most powerful flashlights, specially imported from the U.S.A. This six-cell flashlight is 80,000 candle power made of strong plastic, and...
Category: Advertisement
An Aeroplane (14)
MAY 26TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.10 in the morning the police reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea opposite Cleveleys Hydro. There was a variable north-east wind and the sea calm.
At...
Humberside Police's Fivestrong Mounted Section Has Been Patrolling Local Beaches and Inland Waterways for the Past Three Years As Part of Their General Duties Last S
Humberside police's fivestrong mounted section has been patrolling local beaches and inland waterways for the past three years as part of their general duties. Last summer an emergency lifeline was added to their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An 850Cc Mini Was the Prize In a Lottery Run By Filey Lions Club Throughout the Summer on the Coble Landing Filey a Cheque for £5350 Being 50 Per Cent of the Total Raised Was Handed Over To
An 850cc Mini was the prize in a lottery run by Filey Lions Club throughout the summer on the Coble Landing, Filey. A cheque for £5,350, being 50 per cent of the total raised, was handed over to Commander P. E.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs