LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Selina
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 4.10 p.m. on yth June, 1965, the police notified the honorary secretary that a yacht off Sandsend was signalling and needed help, so at 4.30 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. There was a light southeasterly...
Jan Bart
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.32 on the night of the 20th of April, 1959, a message was received from the east pier watchman that a yacht was anchored three miles north-east of Ramsgate.
She had engine trouble and needed...
Alethea Anne
Hastings, Sussex. At 3.38 on the afternoon of the 14th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that an unknown vessel had broken down about three miles east of Rye Harbour. When the lifeboat M.T.C. was launched at 3.58...
Carmen Maria
AFTER FALSE ALARM At 3.50 p.m. on 22nd November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen off Whitehaven.
Although it was soon learned that this report was a false alarm, a search was...
Venture
Dover, Kent.—At 7.15 on the evening of the 16th of February, 1957, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that the motor boat Venture, of Folkestone, with one man aboard, was overdue from a fishing trip off Shakespeare...
Trapped!
The steamer looks as if she were going on her way. In fact she is held fast by the sands.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
Sir Peter Compston With deep regret we report the recent death of former RNLI Deputy Chairman, Vice Admiral Sir Peter Compston KCB.
Sir Peter had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Navy, including numerous...
Category: Obituaries
Graceful
Five saved from stranded fishing vessel THE 75ft MFV Graceful begins to break up shortly after her crew of five had been taken off by Arklow's Mersey class lifeboat in the early hours of 28 November 1997.
The lifeboat...
Undaunted
TOWING A FISHING BOAT Dungeness, Kent—At 9.30 in the morn- ing of the 8th of March, 1947, while returning from the fishing ground the life-boat's coxswain saw a fishing boat apparently in difficulties about two miles south-west from...
Relief Fleet-D Class Phyl Clare
Mr Anthony Oliver, deputy head of fund raising and marketing, accepts the new relief fleet D class lifeboat Phyl Clare from Mrs Phyl Cleare during the naming and dedication ceremony at the Poole depot.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs