LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Air-Sea Rescue Launch
NOVEMBER 20TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. An air-sea rescue launch’s engine had broken down, but she was able to repair it and go on her way. - Rewards, £7 5s..
Zetland the Oldest Known Surviving Lifeboat Went to Redcar In 1802—And Has Been There Ever Since
Zetland, the oldest known surviving lifeboat, went to Redcar in 1802—and has been there ever since.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Above: In Force 5–6 Winds, Anthon Leaves The Protection Of The Myrtle Maud And Takes To The Y Boat
Above: In force 5–6 winds, Anthon leaves the protection of the Myrtle Maud and takes to the Y boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Boy Leslie
RED FOR DANGER Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 5.32 p.m. on 9th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Boy Leslie was burning red flares on the outer edge of the Newcombe sand. The cabin cruiser's engine had...
Hewas Inn Sticker
At the Hewas Inn, Sticker, Cornwall, a giant whiskey bottle was set up by landlord and landlady Peter and Jo Shoults which collected £134 before it was ceremoniously smashed open by television personality Mike Whitmarsh; the money was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Safety at Sea With Pyrotechnics-Part 2 Distress Signals and Procedures
HAVING decided which are the correct distress signals to be carried according to the size of craft concerned and her particular marine activities (Schermuly's complete range of officially approved marine distress pyrotechnics was...
Category: Articles
Agnes and Mary, of Glasgow
Early on the morning of the 30th May, the smack Agnes and Mary, of Glasgow, struck on the rocks off this place, during a strong northerly wind and heavy surf. The Groomsport life-boat put off, and brought the master of the smack safely...
St. Anne
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the night of the 18th of January, 1958, the Formby coastguard told the honorary secretary that the pilot cutter St. Anne, of Preston, was agroundbetween Lytham and Preston docks.
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