LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Out of the Blue:
Out of the blue: the Prime Minister paid a visit to Porlhcawl lifeboat station when she was in South Wales last June. I he crew presented her with a plat/lie and while she was being shown their lf ft I) class inflatable she tried her hand at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Launch of Port Erin Life-Boat
This photograph won first prize in an Isle of Man Tourist Board competition.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Eros and the Escort Vessel Challenger
NOVEMBER 3RD. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 7 P.M. a message was received from the Kinnaird Head coastguard that a wireless call for help had been received by way of the R.A.F. Station at Rosehearty. The life-boat crew were assembled and...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Tern
Scarborough, Yorkshire - At 12.5 p.m. on I5th June, 1967, a small boat with two men on board was reported in difficulties in South bay. The life-boat J. G.
Graves of Sheffield was launched at 12.15 in a slight north...
Golden Years, the Danish Coaster Else Gitte
Hurricane force 12 STORM FORCE WINDS, gusting to hurricane force 12 from the west south west, were sweeping the west coast of Scotland on the morning of Thursday March 20, 1986, when the Troon pilot heard over his radio that the fishing...
The RNLI and me: Fern Britton
The TV presenter and author talks Cornwall, creativity and crabbing
What inspired someone who’s spent a lot of their life around London to write about a tiny Cornish fishing village? I’ve loved Cornwall, especially Looe,...
Category: Articles
Mr Neville Ball
March 1988 Mr Neville Ball, deputy launching authority at Skegness lifeboat station since 1985. He was previously the station honorary secretary from 1965 to 1985 and was awarded binoculars in 1975 and a gold badge in 1986..
Category: Obituaries
Having a Ball
Following almost a year of planning the Aughton branch raised over £12,500 from their Anniversary Ball in March.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Steamers Coniston Fell and Ribble
SWANSEA.—The Wolverkampton Lifeboat was launched at 9.35 P.M. on the 26th January to the assistance of two steamers, the Coniston Fell, of Liverpool, and the Ribble, of Whitehaven, which had been in collision about half a mile N.E. of...
The S.S. Kron Prinsen, of Sweden
OCTOBER 21ST. - STROMNESS, ORKNEYS.
The S.S. Kron Prinsen, of Sweden, had run ashore, but refloated without help.
- Rewards, £19 4s..