LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Creel Boat Kingfisher
WAVED FOR HELP Anstruther, Fife. At 11.6 a.m. on 5th February, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man in a small boat off Cellandyke was reported to be waving for help. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...
John Wesley
RAMSEY, ISLE or MAN.—On the same day, at 7.30 A.M., the Two Sisters Life-boat, stationed at Ramsey, went out during a moderate gale from the E. and a heavy sea, and rescued the crew, numbering 5 men, from the schooner John Wesley, of...
Manne de Ciel
GREAT YARMOUTH.—At 11.30 A.M. on the 18th January, a ketch was observed on shore on the North Beach. The Lifeboat Abraham Thomas immediately proceeded to the spot, and succeeded in rescuing the crew, consisting of four men.
The Fising Smack Britannina
On the 19th May, the fish- ing-smack Britannia, standing too near the shore at Hastings, struck on the rocks off the east end of the town, and sunk; the wind blowing a strong gale from the east at the time. The Hastings life-boat was im-...
Fishing Boats (3)
Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 11.10 in the morning of the 15th of February, 1951, the coastguard reported that three local fishing boats were having difficulty entering harbour be- cause of the heavy swell on the...
Grace Darling Alias Barbara Leverett
Grace Darling, alias Barbara Leverett, and her father, alias Herbert Argent, row purposefully through Steeple Bumpstead Carnival, held last May; the RNLI souvenir stand took £100 that day. In August the same float was again to be seen... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Award of a Gold Watch
MR. DAVID EVANS, who is second mate of the tanker Pass of Balmaha, has been presented with a gold watch and scroll by the Bulk Oil Steamship Co. Ltd., in recognition of his gallantry in diving overboard while the ship was in the Firth of...
Category: Awards
Queen
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At about 12.15 P.M., on the 3rd August, the fishing smack Queen, of Douglas, was observed making for the harbour, and in attempting to enter she struck on the bar and stranded opposite the Life-boat House. As a moderate...
The Motor Fishing Cobles Heather and Venture
The local motor fish- ing cobles Heather and Venture put out on the morning of the 19th February to haul crab-pots. The Heather returned very shortly afterwards, and as a strong N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea, the pulling and...
Coxswain Alan Barnes Presents the Falmouth Crew to Her Majesty.
Coxswain Alan Barnes presents the Falmouth crew to Her Majesty. - View image in PDF
Picture: Simon Cullitord. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs