LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Drilling Rig William Allpress
RIG SERVICE IN 60 KNOT GALE AROUND 1.30 p.m. on 19th October, 1971, it was learnt that the crew of the drilling rig William Allpress were in need of assistance. The rig was anchored J mile off Rustington, Sussex, and had been in this...
Life-Boat Services Round the Coasts
LAUNCHES AND LIVES SAVED BY LIFE-BOATS AND IRBs 1st June to 31st August: Launches 820, lives saved 387.
JUNE NORTH-WEST DISTRICT Holyhead, Anglesey - At 10.23 p.m.
on 25th June, 1966, a boy was reported to...
Category: Services
Around the Coast
FROM AN ARTICLE on Horton and Port Eynon ILB station by Mr C. R. Chatterton published in the Newsletter of Reardon Smith Line. Mr Chatterton is chairman of both the shipping line and the ILB station branch: 'Operating an inshore lifeboat...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Kerrymore
Troon, Ayrshire. At 7.15 on the morning of the 8th of July, 1958, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that a vessel was ashore on some rocks north of Ayr. At 7.45 the life-boat James and Barbara Aitken put out. with the second coxswain in...
The London Barge Alan
Selsey, Sussex.—At 9.20 on the night of the 25th of March, 1954. the coast- guard telephoned that a red flare had been reported off Selsey. At 9.55 another red flare was seen, and at 10.15 the life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched in a...
The Taste of Scotland
Pictured are Eric Winter (kilted) pouring a glass of malt for Ray Taylor.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Raising the Dough
Six year old Alexandra Avern presented a coffee jar containing £6.50 to Leamington Spa branch treasurer Tony Avern (the second name is not a coincidence, Tony is her uncle!). Alexandra is a keen lifeboat supporter and member of Storm... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Epilogue to the Loss of Solomon Browne from Dr D W L Leslie Chairman Penlee Station Branch
MOUSEHOLE VILLAGE and harbour just west of Penzance is famous for its display of Christmas lights—an enterprise supported by the whole village and particularly by the Penlee lifeboat crew. Last year Charles Greenhaugh, as chairman of the...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Protesilaus
JANUARY 2 1ST. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 9.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel, which was thought to have been mined, was sinking about six miles W.S.W. of Mumbles Head. The sea was smooth, with a...
The Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Mr.
Harry Finch, who has been a member of the life-boat crew at Walton and Frinton, Essex, since May, 1907, except for the years 1914 to 1918, when he was on war service. He has taken part...
Category: Articles