LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Joanna
Weymouth, Dorset. — At 4.3 on the afternoon of the 5th of September, 1952, news was sent by the Portland coastguard through the Wyke Regis coastguard that a yacht was burning red flares about five miles south-south- west of Portland Bill. A...
San Cirilo
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.5 on the evening of the 29th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the tanker San Cirilo, of London, had asked for a doctor to attend a man suspected of having appendicitis. At 8.45 the life-boat...
H.M. Submarine Thetis
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.—On the 1st June H.M. Submarine Thetis dived, while on trials in Liverpool Bay about fifteen miles from Llandudno, and did not come to the surface. On the following morning four survivors escaped by means of the...
Venus
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 1.9 on the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a motor fishing vessel was burning flares north-north-east of Kettleness.
At 1.19 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...
Jezebel
At 5.41 p.m. on 8th September, 1966, a German ship reported that a French sailing yacht was leaking twenty nine miles south east of St.
Catherine's Point, and that the yacht could hold out for two to three hours by...
An Ex-R.N.L.I. Life-Boat
Angle, Pembrokeshire - 31st January, 1969, the coastguard reported that an ex-R.N.L.I. Jife-boat on passage from Newlyn to Rosslare had developed engine trouble and required life-boat assistance. The Richard Vernon and Mary Garforth of Leeds...
A Launch (1)
On trials...
but on service Baltic Exchange II, a brand new Tyne carrying out engine trials before going on station at Salcombe, came to the aid of Ramsgate's harbourmaster on Saturday 30 July.
The...
Dahlia
NOVEMBER 28TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM. At 9.30 A.M. it was learned that the motor fishing vessel Dahlia, of Hull, with a crew of five, had not returned to port since the previous day. A light N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The...
East Meets West
On Sunday 12 May 1996 17,000 people took to the new Second Severn Crossing to raise funds for their chosen charities.
The 150 RNLI volunteers taking part put on their walking boots and collectively raised over £17,500 ... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Melita
On the 19th December, the No. 2 Lifeboat put off and rescued the crew of 6 men from the brig Melita, of Blyth, which had stranded during a fresh N.W.
breeze and heavy sea. The Life-boat also brought ashore 10 beachmen who...