LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Star of Hope, Freda and Minnie
On the morning of the 1st May the local motor fishing cobles put out to haul crab pots. A moderate N. wind was blowing, with a considerable ground swell, and at 10.30 A.M. with the tide ebbing the sea broke heavily across the bay, making the...
The Motor Fishing Coble Jean and Barbara
OCTOBER 24TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
At 9.15 in the morning, the coastguard reported that the local motor fishing coble Jean and Barbara was at sea and anxiety was felt for her. A south-south-east gale was blowing, increasing...
Notes of the Quarter
TO MARK the Royal Wedding in July telegram of congratulations was sent to HRH The Prince of Wales on behalf of the RNLI by its chairman, the Duke of Atholl: 'The Committee of Management, lifeboat crews, voluntary workers and staff of the...
Category: Articles
S.S. Lisbon, H.M.S. Advance and Abeille
OCTOBER 30TH. - ABERDEEN. A 6.40 A.M. a message was received that the S.S. Lisbon had been torpedoed, and the lifeboat crew was asked to stand by. At 7.42 the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance put out at 7.42 A.M., but she was asked to...
Trumpeter and The Ilfracombe of Milford Haven
SEPTEMBER 22ND and 23RD. - GALWAY BAY. At 10.30 at night on the 21st, a strong gale blew up and ten steam trawlers, at anchor in Kilronan Bay, dragged their anchors.
Two went on the rocks, one mile south-south-east of the...
The English and Welsh Grounds Lightvessel
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. — At 7.25 on the evening of the24th of August, 1953, the Nells Point coastguard rang up to say that the English and Welsh Grounds Lightvessel, which had a crew of seven, had been damaged in a storm and was...
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Johnson of Troon
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Johnson of Troon first joined the lifeboat crew in 1965. He was the boat mechanic from 1970 to 1971, when he became a fleet mechanic until 1976.
In 1978 he was appointed coxswain/mechanic at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Irb Launches on Service During the Months June, July and August, 1970
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire Aberdovey, Merionethshire Abersoch, Caernarvonshire Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire Amble, Northumberland Arran (Lamlash), Buteshire Atlantic College, Glamorganshire Bangor, Co. Down Barmouth, Merionethshire Barrow,...
Category: Services
The Cromer Life-Boat Ruby and Arthur Reed Examining a Life-Raft Picked Up During the Service to the North Sea Gas Rig Hewitt Alpha on 15Th November 1968
The Cromer life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed examining a life-raft picked up during the service to the North Sea gas rig Hewitt Alpha on 15th November, 1968.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs