LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William and Martha and Venture
ESCORTED FISHING BOATS At 8.20 a.m. on i6th November, 1965, two small fishing cobles were reported to be out in very bad weather conditions and the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 8.30 in a south-easterly gale and a rough sea. It...
An Inflatable Air Ded
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 2.30 p.m. on 25th May, 1964, the police told the honorary secretary that a man on an inflatable air bed had drifted away from Clarach beach and was now a mile offshore. At 2.45 inshore rescue boat...
A Speed Boat
SPEED BOAT TOWED IN New Brighton, Cheshire. At 6.10 p.m. on I2th March, 1965, the honorary secretary was informed that a speed boat in the River Mersey was in difficulties and needed assistance. The life-boat, Norman B. Corlett was launched...
Quicksilver
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 8.10 a.m. on 29th October, 1966, a yacht was in difficulties, its engine broken down, in a strong flood tide and little wind in Bardsley Sound. At 8.25 the life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched. The...
Royal Visit:
Royal visit: The Duchess of Kent paid a visit to Wells lifeboat station on October 4 and was shown over the station's two lifeboats by Coxswain David Cox BEM (1) who holds both silver and bronze bravery medals and who has been coxswain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Decca Radar Limited
Decca was the first radar set aboard a lifeboat in this country.
That same Decca set is still serving on the same lifeboat; still guiding men through hard seas to safe harbours.
When the call is for solid...
Category: Advertisement
Kruguen
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands - At 3.30 a.m. on 23rd January, 1969, it was learnt that the French trawler Kruguen had broken down eight miles west south west of the Bishop Rock lighthouse. The life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter was launched at...
Journey's end: a team of eight runners, with a back-up team of four,
Journey's end: A team of eight runners, with a back-up team of four, all from 414 Tank Transporter Unit of the Royal Corps of Transport stationed near Salisbury, completed a marathon run along the Welsh coast from Cardiff to Flint in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Next RNLI Chairman
Admiral The Lord Boyce will take over as Chairman of the RNLI from 5 November this year.
He joined the RNLI Council in 2004 and has served as Vice-Chairman since 2006. In his naval career he was First Sea Lord and Chief of...
Category: Articles
Long road home
St Bees lifeboat crew faced gale-force winds, heavy rain, rough seas and poor visibility on 1 November 2010 while searching for a man 11 miles from the station. Coastguards recovered the man but the weather had got so bad it wasn’t safe to...
Category: Articles