LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Lizard - West Division
The Lizard is the Southernmost point of the British mainland, a bold promontory that juts out to form a gatepost to the English Channel.
The station's Tyne class lifeboat is housed in Kilcobben Bay - the boathouse with... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Lowestoft Trawler Garibaldi, J. Which Broke Adrift, Being Towed Back to Port on 15th December, 1966, By the Lowestoft Life-Boat
The Lowestoft trawler Garibaldi, ]. which broke adrift, being towed back to port on 15th December, 1966, by the Lowestoft life-boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Finvoy
Girvan, Ayrshire.—Early on the afternoon of the 24th October the coastguard reported that a steamer off the harbour was flying distress signals.
A S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and the weather was thick,...
The Arrival at Spurn Point of Humber's New
The arrival at Spurn Point of Humber's new Arun class lifeboat Kenneth Thelwall in August, 1987 gave spectators an added bonus when she came in with three .survivors on board, having been diverted to the aid of a sinking yacht four miles... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Irb Over the Rocks
THE THANKS of the Institution inscribed on vellum have been accorded to Bruce Brown, Cyril Williams and John Riley, the crew of the Walmer, Kent, IRB for rescuing four people cut off by the tide. The rescue was considered to be the best...
Category: Services
The Minesweeper B.Y.M.2051
JANUARY 23RD. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About 6.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned a message from the naval authorities at Lowestoft that a vessel in Corton Roads was in need of help and the motor life-boat Louise...
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the house for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 228 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
The Haisbro' Lightvessel
Cromer, Norfolk. At 8.23 on the morn- ing of the 16th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a vessel had collided with the Haisbro' lightvessel, which was sinking. At 8.32, when the No. 1 life- boat...
New Members of the Committee of Management
Brigadier J. W. G. Gow, O.B.E., D.L.; Commander the Hon. Greville Howard, M.P.; Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Murray Longmore, G.C.B. and Com- mander, F. R. H. Swann, R.N.V.R.
(Retd.) have accepted co-option to the Committee...
Category: Committee
The S.S. South Coaster
DECEMBER 2lST. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.
At 8.15 in the morning of the 13th of December, the S.S. South Coaster, of Cardiff, ran aground on the eastern end of Pole Sands, west-by-south three-quarters of a mile from Orcombe Point....