LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Caisson and a Pontoon
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 15th August, 1961, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that he had been asked whether, because conditions were growing worse, the life-boat could land a working party from a...
A Catamaran and a Dinghy
CATAMARAN DISMASTED Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 11.53 a.m. on 3rd May, 1964, the coastguard reported that a catamaran with a crew of two had been dismasted half a mile off Winthorpe and was drifting northward.
At 12.15 p.m....
Kurt Arlt and Petrel (1)
Margate, Kent, and Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.36 on the morning of the 25th of December, 1957, the coast- guard told the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred near the south- east Girdler buoy between the motor vessel Kurt Arlt,...
Around the Coast—And Inland
THE PRESENTATION of a cheque for more than £50,000 by the Lord Mayor of Cardiff to the Duke of Atholl, chairman of the Institution, was reported in the summer issue of THE LIFEBOAT. It was the amount raised up till that time by the...
Category: Articles
Dawn Anne and a Dinghy
Capsized dinghy ON THE AFTERNOON of Wednesday May 11, 1983, both lifeboats stationed at Eastbourne were launched to help the fishing vessel Dawn Anne, in difficulties with a broken fuel line 1 '/2 miles east of the lifeboat station; she...
Birthday and New Year Honours
BIRTHDAY AND NEW YEAR HONOURS CB Rear-Admiral I. G. W. Robertson, DSC, RN, Admiral Commanding Reserves and an ex-officio member of the Committee of Management.
CBE Commander F. R. H. Swann, RNVR, Chairman of the Committee...
Category: Awards
Kate and Violet, of Bridlington
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 3.5 p.m.
on 6th November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing coble had broken down one mile south west of the North Smithie buoy. The life-boat William Henry and...
Little and Broad Haven Lifeboat
Little and Broad Haven Lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Trials - and Very Few Tabulations
The RNLI's latest lifeboat prototypes have been on trials around the coast as part of their evaluation and development.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs