LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Matthew and Edward, and Jean and Barbara
AUGUST 11TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
At 9 in the morning the coxswain was told that two boats were out fishing. A strong N.W. wind was then blowing, with a rough sea, and after consultation with the coastguard, it was decided...
The Bullfinch, of Paignton
JUNE 1ST. - TORBAY, DEVON. At three o'clock in the afternoon the motor life-boat George Shee set out on a publicity cruise. A fresh south-westerly breeze was blowing.
with a steep, choppy sea. The life-boat saw a motor...
O. B. Joyful, and another Small Boat
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 4.15 in the afternoon the Wyke Regis coastguard reported two boats in distress off Grove Point, Portland. A full north-west gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor life-boat...
Eyemouth: REPRESENTING THE RNLI
Three members of Eyemouth Lifeboat Station represented the RNLI at the Annual National Service for Seafarers held at the end of 2015 at St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Each year, the RNLI nominates a different regional division to attend and...
Category: Articles
Maris Stella
NOVEMBER 1 0TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 3.28P.M. the Kinnaird Head coastguard reported that a small motor boat had broken down off the Beacon, and the motor life-boat John and Charles Kennedy was launched at 4.12 P.M., A fresh N.W....
Dr Ian C Low
Dr Ian C Low CA, president of Broughty Ferry station branch for over 20 years. Dr low was an extremely generous benefactor to the lifeboat station for many years and was awarded a Silver badge in 1994..
Category: Obituaries
Other IRB Launches
In addition to the services by IRBs which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded on pages 579, 588, 593, the following launches on service were made during the months September to November, 1968, inclusive: Aberdovey, Merionethshire...
Category: Services
Sheena
CHANCE MEETING SAVES DINGHY SAILOR Hastings, Sussex. On Sunday the 28th of July, 1963, while returning from a visit to Bexhill Regatta, the life-boat M.T.C.
intercepted a motor boat towing the sailing dinghy Sheena with a...
Just Published
"INSTRUCTIONS for the MANAGEMENT of OPEN -*- Boats in Heavy Surfs and Broken Water; with Practical Hints for the Consideration of Merchant-Seamen or others, having Charge of Ships' Boats: to which are appended, Instructions for...
Category: Articles