LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sweet Reason
Ramsgate, Kent. At 7.50 p.m. on 2ist August, 1965, a local yacht club told the honorary secretary that three yachts were missing in a race. One was thought to be dismasted five miles inside the North Goodwin lightvessel. The life-boat...
El Cid
SOUTH-WEST ENGLAND Clovelly, Devon. At 2.15 a.m. on nth October, 1965, the coastguard reported that a ship in distress had fired rockets north-west of Hartland Point. The lifeboat William Cantrell Ashley was launched in a moderate easterly...
Various Vessels (1)
Southend-on-Sea and Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—Beginning on the evening of the 31st of January, 1953, floods inun- dated areas in the east of England to an extent unknown in this country in living memory. The Southend-on- Sea life-boat was...
A Boat (2)
At 6.4 p.m. on 29th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat was drifting out to sea with two boys on board. There was a gentle westerly breeze with a slight sea.
The life-boat Sir Godfrey...
A Motor Boat (6)
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 12.50 p.m. on 23rd August, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that a motor boat had capsized five to six miles north of Aberystwyth. At 12.55 the inshore rescue boat launched in a fresh south-westerly...
Holmfield
600-TON CARGO VESSEL AGROUND Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 5.48 on the evening of Tuesday the 3rd September, 1963, the honorary secretary received a radio message from Valentia radio station that the 600-ton cargo vessel Holmfield of Liverpool, on...
Dutch Ship Aground
The motor vessel Lea to which the Whithy life-boat put out (see page 81). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Medieval Jousting Place Guildford
Medieval jousting was just one of the displays in 'Fix a Day Out' on Saturday July 8 at Sutton Place, Guildford. Jimmy Savile was there and the proceeds of the day, £1,200, were shared equally between the Royal Marines and the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Station Honorary Secretary Major John Day (R)
Station honorary secretary Major John Day (r.) and Crew Member Stephen Scott check over the boat outside the boathouse built in 1900.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Progress
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At five o'clock in the morning on 21st December, 1969, the coastguard reported that the motor fishing vessel Progress, with two men aboard, had been drifting all night off the harbour. The life-boat Tynesider...