LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dorothy Margaret
ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL IN GALE Newhaven, Sussex. At 7.32 on the evening of the 23rd January, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Dorothy Margaret had been in difficulties with engine trouble and...
Green Drake
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1957, the coxswain of the life-boat saw a dismasted yacht capsize about half a mile off shore. The life-boat Beryl Tollemache was launched at 3.15 in a rough sea. There...
Hildegard
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 7.5 on the evening of the 1st of June, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser was in need of help half a mile south-west of Beachy Head. At 7.25 the life-boat Beryl Tollemache...
Allan
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 11.59 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a barge close to the pier was sending morse signals indicating the need of a life-boat. At 12.15 the life-boat Sir...
Windsor Rose
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 1.45 on the afternoon of the 16th of April, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the local fishing boat Windsor Rose was trying to make har- bour in worsening weather...
A Sailing Dinghy (2)
Whitstable, Kent. At 11.32 a.m. on 6th November, 1965, a member of the public told the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had capsized half a mile to a mile off shore, and that after the two people aboard her had managed to right...
Doric
JULY 13TH. - LYNMOUTH, DEVON. At about 7.30 P.M. a motor yacht was seen flying a distress signal. A squally southerly wind was blowing, with a choppy sea. T h e pulling and sailing life-boat Prichard Frederick Gainer was launched at 7.50 P.M...
Nydalen
MARCH 31ST. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE.
At 10.5 A.M. a message was received from the Island of Coll that a vessel was on the rocks a mile from Arinagour. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate...
The Ten Recipients of the Awards for Gallantry Take a Photo-Call Aboard the Tyne Class the Famous Grouse on the River Thames Before the Start of the Day's Proceedings
The ten recipients of the awards for gallantry take a photo-call aboard the Tyne class The Famous Grouse on the River Thames before the start of the day's proceedings. Visitors to the meetings were later able to go aboard the lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats
PORTHLEVEN. — On the 5th October, twenty-five fishing-boats left the harbour between 8 and 9 o'clock in the morning, the sea then being comparatively smooth.
At 10.30 it was seen by the harbour authorities that there...