LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Missel Thrush
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 4.34 on the afternoon of the 25th May, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a 25-feet yacht needed help about a mile east-north-east of Platte Fougere.
There was a light easterly wind...
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...
Coxswain John Connell of Amble Northumberland
Coxswain John Connell of Amble, Northumberland. He joined the lifeboat crew in April 1953, became bowman in February 1962, second coxswain in February 1967 and coxswain in August 1972.
He was awarded the thanks of the RNLI,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Category: Advertisement
Members of Uttoxer Ladies' Guild
Members of Uttoxer Ladies' Guild made the most of their local festival by entering a 'float' in the procession.
A 'float' was an appropriate name, as they borrowed a publicity inshore lifeboat from their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Motor Yacht (1)
Long tow in difficult conditions for Skegness and Humber lifeboats Skegness and Humber lifeboats were both involved in a long service when conditions became too severe for a classic, 1920s-built motor yacht on a delivery passage from Great...
None (2)
Lives lost at Lulworth Cove Two teenage boys were swept off rocks at Lulworth Cove in Dorset on 3 November 2005. A third boy managed to get himself ashore and raise the alarm. Four lifeboats, Weymouth's relief Severn class Roger and Joy...
A Gas Rig (1)
Outbreak of fires At 4.30am on 4 January 2006, the B class Atlantic 21 Falmouth Round Table launched to a 6.7m yacht on fire on the Penryn River, Cornwall. The skipper had been asleep when the fire started but managed to escape through the...
Union, of Fraserburgh
AUGUST 30TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE At 11.35 at night the coastguard reported flares about one mile off North Head. A light south-south-east wind was blowing. There was a heavy swell. The motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Edith, of Portrush
NOVEMBER 10TH. - CLOUGHEY, CO.
DOWN. At four in the afternoon a small fishing boat was seen to be aground at Ringley Ridge. A moderate north-westerly breeze was blowing and the sea was calm, but it was thought advisable to...