LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Only Two
Padstow, Cornwall.—On the evening of the 29th July the coastguard reported that a yacht was in distress in Constantine Bay. A strong S.W.
breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
The No. 2 motor life-boat...
Fortis
Yarmouth, Isle-of-Wight. — At 8.20 in the evening of the 1st of April, 1950, a fisherman at Lymington telephoned that a yacht needed help. He said he had already towed her from a positionoff Christchurch to Lymington Spit buoy, but that she...
Plain Jane
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 10.50 on the night of the 9th of September, 1950, the Kingston-on-Sea coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the Worthing police.
A vessel was making distress signals two...
Four Girls
YACHT'S CREW SEE FLARES FROM FISHING BOAT Weymouth, Dorset. At 1.47 on the afternoon of the 24th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been reported west of White Nothe, Ringstead...
Jenny III
The following account of a service by the Newhaven, Sussex, life-boat on the 27th of September, 1959, was received too late for inclusion in the December 1959 number of the Life- boat.
At 12.5 in the afternoon, the coast-...
Coxswain William Lennon of Donaghadee
Coxswain William Lennon of Donaghadee. William Lennon joined the lifeboat crew in 1956 and became second coxswain in 1981 before being appointed coxswain in 1983. He was awarded the long service badge in 1982. A fisherman by trade, Coxswain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Betty
MAY 2 5TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
While the auxiliary yacht Betty was on her way from Lynn to Gorleston her engine broke down. A strong S.S.W. wind was blowing, and as she was unable to beat round to Cromer under sail she...
John Pearson, the Helmsman of Whitby's D Class Inflatable During the Rescue of a Man
John Pearson, the helmsman of Whitby's D class inflatable during the rescue of a man from a capsized RIB, receives his Bronze Medal from HRH The Duke of Kent at the 1993 Annual presentation of Awards.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Hongi
End of voyage A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC made a 999 call to the Police early on the morning of Saturday October 16, 1982, reporting a catamaran flashing a white light about 100 yards off Sidmouth Beach, 9Vz miles east north east of Exmouth...
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management
Reported to the February, March and April Meetings of the Committee of Management.
February Meeting.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. — On the morning of the 21st December, 1933, the honorary secretary...
Category: Services