LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (117)
SEPTEMBER 5TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
At about 3.30 P.M. a telephone message was received from the coastguard that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about two hundred yards west of the Hook Beacon. A light S.S.E. wind was...
Two Punts and an Outboard Motor Boat
OCTOBER 11TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
Shortly after 9.30 at night the Paignton police reported a boat on fire off Roundham Head. The weather was calm, but there was a dense fog. The motor life-boat George Shee was launched at 9.50...
Glad Tidings
JANUARY 4TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 5.48 in the evening the coastguard reported a boat burning flares close to rock on the north side of Wick Bay, and the motor life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched at six o’clock,...
Your shout
Dear Editor
I read the Winter 2008–9 account of the opening of Dart station with interest but some confusion.
The appeal was for £259,000 but a D class lifeboat costs £...
Category: Articles
Sarah Ann
JULY 10TH. - CAISTER, NORFOLK. At 7 P.M. a yacht was seen to strike the Caister Shoal, near the south end of Caister Beach, knock off, and drift ashore. A slight northerly breeze was blowing, with a heavy ground swell. The pulling and...
Point Girl
JULY 30TH. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. At 1.20 P.M. a man reported to the life-boat coxswain that the motor fishing boat Point Girl, of Ballycotton, which was out with anglers, was flying a distress signal about two miles S.W...
Roma
JUNE 11TH. - FLEETWOOD: LANCASHIRE.
At 1.30 P.M. the lighthousekeeper reported that a small motor boat was aground on the east side of the Wyre Channel. A strong N.W. breeze was blowing with a rough sea. Two other motor...
STEPHEN WYNNE
LIFEBOAT OPERATIONS MANAGER | DUN LAOGHAIRE
I was picked up by a lifeboat in 1970 when I was 12 and I joined the crew in 1975, so that’s about 40 years. I try to attend most shouts. It’s important to be there when the lads get... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dandora
NOVEMBER 16TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At about 8.30 A.M. a telephone message came from the coast watchers that a ship was firing distress signals about two miles S.E. of Old Head of Kinsale, and the motor life-boat Sarah Ward...
Brunette
AUGUST 10TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. Shortly after 3 P .M. a s m a l l yacht about three miles east of the harbour was seen trying to beat into harbour against westerly gale and a rough sea. She was kept in view by the life-boat...