LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Southern Scott
Fishing boat aground THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Peel lifeboat station was informed by Ramsey Coastguard at 0145 on Saturday March 29 that the motor fishing vessel Southern Scott was aground on Old Bath's Beach just to the north east of...
A Correction
WE deeply regret that in the last issue of The Lifeboat we incorrectly announced the death of one of our oldest Lifeboat workers, Mrs. Brandreth Gibbs, of Leigh-on-Sea, at the age of nearly ninety. The error was caused by the fact that we...
Category: Obituaries
St.Ives: the Yacht Ladybird Aground Just West of Whicker Point
St Ives: The yacht Ladybird aground just west of Whicker Point and swamped by breaking waves. St Ives 37ft Oakley lifeboat Frank Penfold Marshall and a helicopter from RNAS Culdrose continue the search for the missing yachtsman while St Ives... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Old and New Passing Through
Caught on camera at Kirwall Harbour is the station's new Severn 1 class lifeboat, Margaret Foster, (centre) which arrived in March 1998.
She is joined by the ex- Kirkwall Arun class lifeboat, Mickie... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Groombridge Award
The Walter and Elizabeth Groombridge Award for the most meritorious rescue by an inshore lifeboat crew in 2009 has been given to Whitstable Helm Jonathan Carter and Crew Members Tony Martin and Henry Thomson. The crew saved the life of a man...
Category: Articles
BIENVENUE!
Eastbourne’s Mersey class lifeboat Royal Thames was launched on 22 August to help the crew of a yacht that had suffered mechanical failure.
Lifeboat crew members are pictured onboard the yacht setting up a tow. The yacht’s...
Category: Articles
Faster Stronger Better
In 2013, we’ll start replacing Mersey class lifeboats with the next generation of all-weather lifeboat – the Shannon class. At £1.5M a piece, why are we doing it?
The Mersey class lifeboat...
Category: Articles
Oldham the Second of Hoylake's Four Liverpool Lifeboats Which Spanned the Years 1906 to 1974; the First Was a Pulling and Sailing Boat the Last Three Motor Oldham
Oldham, the second of Hoylake's four Liverpool lifeboats which spanned the years 1906 to 1974; the first was a pulling and sailing boat, the last three motor. Oldham, presented by the town of Oldham, was on station from 1931 to 1952; she... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Port Denison
SEPTEMBER 26TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 8. 10 P.M. the coastguard reported a vessel on fire some eight miles north east from their station. A S.W. gale, veering to N.W., was blowing.
There was a moderate swell. The...
Obituaries
Reigate and Redhill branch has suffered the loss of its president and both vice-presidents in less than a year: Cdr J. D. Walters, RN, was chairman during the 1939 to 1945 war and was subsequently president. George A. Hodgkins, a...
Category: Obituaries