LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Melinka
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 10.17 on the night of the 24th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down off Ardnamurchan lighthouse.
The life-boat City of Glasgow, on...
Susan Ann
Appledore, Devon.—At 8.30 on the evening of the llth of July, 1953, the second coxswain told the coxswain that he had seen the yacht Susan Ann, of Fremington, with a crew of four, make distress signals. The Susan Ann was off Crow Rocks near...
Fishing Boats
Arbroath, Angus.—At six o'clock on the morning of the 13th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the fishing fleet was returning to harbour and that the conditions at the bar were dangerous. The life-boat Tine Duke of...
Lassiette
Walton and Frinton, Essex. —• At 7.44 in the evening of the 13th of September, 1951, the Walton-on-the- Naze coastguard telephoned a wire- less message from the S.S. Gaslight that she had taken in tow the yacht Lassiette, of Burnham - on -...
The S.S. Entopan
SICK MAN TAKEN OFF COSTA RICAN STEAMER Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 6.20 on the evening of the 27th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the s.s. Entopan of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica, had a sick man on board....
Desire
CREW RESCUED FROM FISHING BOAT AGROUND Stromness, Orkneys. At 5.20 on the afternoon of the 16th February, 1963, the ex-coxswain, after returning from lobster fishing, telephoned the present coxswain to report that the local fishing boat...
Honours for lifesavers
Congratulations to the RNLI volunteers and staff who were recognised in this year’s New Year
Honours, for their contribution to saving lives at sea. MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire):
Richard Spindler a...
Category: Articles
New Quay, Cardigan
Above the steps is the Archbishop of Wales, with Miss Lucy Silvester, of St. Albans, on his left, and behind them Captain Guy Fanshawe, R.N., a vice-president of the Institution, and Mr. D, B. Rees, honorary secretary of the station (Sec... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Hawkinge
The Life-boat Richard Cresswell was called out between 6 and 7 P.M. on the 22nd July to the assistance of a small boat named the Hawk, at the mouth of the River Liffey.
The Life-boat was launched and the rescue carried out...
1948
On top of the cabin are a whip aerial for the wireless and a loud hailer. Stationed at St. Helier, Jersey. - View image in PDF
Cost, £20,000.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs