LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tsulamaran
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 3.30 a.m.
on loth August, 1966, the catamaran Tsulamaran, with five men on board, was reported aground in Treadder bay. At 4 o'clock the life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was launched in a...
Crystal River
Aberdeen - At 5.55 a.m. on i8th February, 1967, a red flare was reported on the north side of Girdleness lighthouse.
There was a light north westerly breeze with a moderate sea. It was one hour before high water. The...
Osprey
TOWED TO LOWESTOFT Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 11.30 a.m. on 24th August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a converted life-boat, Osprey, was burning red flares about one mile east-north-east of the lookout.
Aphrodite
TOWED TO LOOE Plymouth, South Devon. At 5.20 p.m. on 26th November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been sighted about four miles south-east of Banjo pier. It was low water with a slight sea and moderate...
Fortune II
YACHT RESCUED At 6.10 p.m. on i2th June, 1965, the motor yacht Fortune II was observed flying a distress signal. Her position was three quarters of a mile east-south-east of the harbour. There were light variable airs with a smooth sea and...
A Dinghy (6)
Newquay, Cornwall. At 12.11 p.m.
on 13th August, 1965, while the IRB was co-operating with the Padstow life-boat on Newquay life-boat day, the crew saw a dinghy in difficulties drifting towards the Towan Headland and Cribba...
None (3)
Galway Bay. At 3.50 p.m. on ist December, 1965, the local doctor notified the honorary secretary that a five-year-old boy who had a broken leg needed transport to hospital on the mainland. No other boat was available for this purpose, so the...
Five Pence a Bucket of Water Lop a Bag of Soggy Pig Food
Five pence a bucket of water, lOp a bag of soggy pig food. That was the going rate for tormenting poor Edward Childs, a crew member of Port Isaac lifeboat in the stocks during the station's annual Lifeboat Larks. Bob Young (far left),... - View image in PDF
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Mark Coleman (Left) of E. P. Barrus Presents RNLI Director Brian Miles
Mark Coleman (left) of E. P. Barrus presents RNLI Director Brian Miles with one of three detailed commemorative replica model of Lawnflite, the D class inshore lifeboat donated by Barrus to the RNLI during the London Boat Show 1996.View image in PDF
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Henry Alston Hewat at Mallaig
Henry Alston Hewatai Mallaig Mallaig's new all-weather Severn class lifeboat was named after the father of Catherine Hewat of Glasgow, who funded the majority of the £1,8m lifeboat with a bequest in excess of £1 m. The... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs