LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Leonard
NOVEMBER 9TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
During the morning the coxswain was informed by the piermaster that the steam trawler Leonard, of Fleetwood, had come alongside the pier with her holds full of water. A strong N.N...
Jacaranda
Harwich, Essex - At 11.4 a.m. on 28th September, 1969, it was learnt that a yacht was in difficulties 500 yards off the Sunk light vessel.
The crew of the light vessel had floated a line to the yacht and this had been...
Your Letters
Who are these heros? I thought this photograph (right) might be of interest to readers - it was taken by me when I visited Honfleur, Normandy in June this year. My recognition is not all that good but is she an old Watson lifeboat? There was...
Category: Correspondence
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Category: Articles
Jean and Barbara
AUGUST 6TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
Bad weather came on after the fishing boat Jean and Barbara had left harbour. There was a strong north-west wind and very heavy seas, and at 10.5 in the morning the motor life-boat The Cuttle...
Ex-Coxswain Matthew Leathbridge,
The following retired coxswains have died: Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas served continuously in life-boats from 1919 until his retirement in March, 1967, the last 1 years as coxswain of the Sennen Cove, Cornwall, lifeboat.
Mr...
Category: Obituaries
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Aith, Shetlands. At 3.10 p.m. on 5th October, 1964, a local doctor told the honorary secretary that a patient on Foula was seriously ill and needed urgent hospital treatment. At 3.35, when the doctor boarded the life-boat, the John and...
Charon of Styx (1)
Flamborough and Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 5.5 p.m. on i6th February, 1967, a small yacht was reported to be in difficulties off Flamborough Head. The life-boat Friendly Forester was launched at 5.40 into a moderate south south easterly...
Mrs Pat Richards,
Mrs Pat Richards, Founder Chairman of Llantwit Major branch from 1969 until her death. She was awarded the Gold badge in 1996.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1950, a doctor on the island of Eigg telephoned that a woman was seriously ill on Rhum Island, and that no suit- able boat was available in that...