LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sea Ranger
Padstow, Cornwall. At 5.45 p.m. on 15th June, 1965, the Trevose Head coastguard reported that the yacht Sea Ranger, of New Quay, needed help off Pentire Point. At 6.3 the life-boat Joseph Hiram Chadwick was launched. There was a strong...
Selene
YACHT'S CREW SEASICK At 4.3 p.m. on 9th October, 1965, the yacht Selene was reported in difficulties.
The life-boat Kathleen Mary launched at 4.15 in a strong east-north-easterly breeze and a moderate sea, two hours...
The F.V. Harvester II
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire - At 12.10 p.m. on 2ist July, 1966, a vessel off Broadsea was seen firing rockets and appeared to be on fire. The life-boat The Duchess of Kent was launched at 12.20 in a gentle north-westerly wind and a choppy sea...
A Dinghy (3)
At 7.15 a.m. on 24th June, 1967, a report was received that a small dinghy had capsized with three people on board.
The life-boat John F.Kennedy slipped her moorings at 7.33 in a fresh south south westerly wind and a choppy...
Solent Gull, of Poole
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 8.50 p.m. on 17th October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen north west of the Needles near the shingle bank. The life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe slipped...
A Boat (2)
FEB. 12TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 3.20 P.M. information was received that two boys in a disabled small rowing boat were being carried out to sea, having broken a rowlock.
The motor life-boat William and...
Ocean Maid, of Holy Island
FEBRUARY 11TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 1.15 in the afternoon the coastguard telephoned that a fishing coble was showing a signal of distress three miles east of Holy Island. The motor life-boat Milburn was...
Dr Muriel Mclean
Dr Muriel McLean, a founder member of Croydon branch (set up in 1960) and an active committee member. At the age of 87 Dr McLean was still organising the branch's flag week and indeed stood on the streets collecting money...
Category: Obituaries
Below. the Icelandic Lifeboat Service
Below. The Icelandic lifeboat service is funded and operated in a similar way to the RNLI, and has acquired an ex-RNLI lifeboat. The 70ft ex-Clyde class (previously Grace Paterson Ritchie and based at Kirkwall) is pictured leaving the UK to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Faithful and Twilight Star
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
Around noon on the 12th of May, 1960, considerable anxiety was felt for two local fishing vessels which were overdue. At 12.30 the life-boat Grace Darling was launched two hours after...