LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Surrounded By His Crew Fraserburgh Lifeboat Coxswain
Surrounded by his crew, Fraserburgh lifeboat coxswain, Captain John Sutherland, is presented with a maroon case full of money raised for the station by lifeboat enthusiast John Murdoch (r). In front of the group is a model made by John... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Boxing Clever
During the filming of the BBC television drama series 'Lifeboat', due to be shown this Spring, members of Penarth ladies' guild were asked to man fundraising stalls and act as extras.
The ladies make their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Caribbean Queens
Caribbean queens St Agnes ladies guild won top prizes with their Cornish Caribbean display in the local village carnival recently - receiving cups for the best charity group float and the best music and dance.
The carnival... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends
Port Isaac’s Fisherman’s Friends
Review by Carol Waterkeyn
Salty sea-dogs John, Jeremy and Julian Brown, Trevor Grills, John Lethbridge, Billy Hawkins, Peter Rowe, John McDonnell and Jon Cleave form the current...
Category: Articles
August
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a strong gale of wind from the S.W., and a heavy sea, at 11.30 A.M. on the 24th October the brig August, of Griefswold, Prussia, signalled for assistance, having lost her masts and anchors. The Boys of England...
Reedbird
At 3 p.m. on 9th August, 1966, news was received that the yacht Reedbird was in distress one mile west of the Bar lightvessel.
The life-boat Norman B. Corlett left her moorings at 3.8 and proceeded in a south south easterly...
Relief Fleet - Atlantic 21 Ernest Armstrong
Lady Payne (left), founder member of the Harrogate ladies guild and donor of the new Atlantic 21 at the ceremony in which she named the lifeboat after her late father.
With her are (from left to right) Alan Tate... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Yacht
Open day drama Hoylake's open day was interrupted when the lifeboat was called out.
Visitors on a guided lour of the Lady of Hilbre were asked to evacuate quickly so she could rush to the aid of a troubled yacht. The...
Maria
During a moderate S.E. wind at 6 A.M., on the llth September, the Bradford Life-boat and Vulcan steam-tug proceeded to sea in response to signal guns from the Gull Lightship, and found a barque riding near the North Sand Head, having been in...
Ocean Reaper
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 10.5 on the night of the 1st of December, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel appeared to be in difficulties, and drifting, half a mile south-east of the breakwater, and at 10.40 reported that she was...