LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dawn Wind
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 6.45 P.M. on the 12th July the Cliff End coastguard reported that a disabled motor yacht was at anchor in the entrance to Christchurch harbour, and was in danger of drifting ashore. A moderate S.S.W. gale was...
Elizabeth Ann
LEAKING YACHT TOWED TO HARBOUR Cromer, Norfolk. At 7.35 on the morning of the 23rd September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht anchored between East Runton and Cromer was leaking badly and needed a tow to...
Competitors In the York Raft Race from the Viking Hotel to the York Motor Yacht Club Paddle Up the Ouse Under Lendal Bridge Winner of the 43-Strong Home-Fashi
Competitors in the York Raft Race, from the Viking Hotel to the York Motor Yacht Club, paddle up the Ouse, under Lendal Bridge. Winner of the 43-strong home-fashioned fleet was Rift Raft; she was made of three aircraft drop tanks and rowed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dawn (1)
Exmouth, Devon. At 9.48 on the morning of the 29th of September, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning flares one mile south of Otterton Head.
The life-boat Maria Noble was launched at 10...
Below: Keryn Van Der Walt and the Pan Alfred Crew.
Below: Keryn van der Walt and the Pan Alfred crew.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dawn and Leila
Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.35 on the evening of the 13th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing barge was aground at the mouth of Holehaven Creek. At 6.45 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service...
48 Hours of Gale
66 Launches, 7 lives rescued, 21 vessels savedSEPTEMBER WAS USHERED IN by a Week of very high winds rising to gale and storm force—a week when there were many calls on the lifeboat service all round our coasts. Reports of boats in trouble...
Category: Services
Guy and Clare Hunter In Gale Force Winds Standing By the \Acht Braemar Before Taking Her In Tow May 22 1967
Guy and Clare Hunter, in gale force winds, standing by the acht Braemar before taking her in tow. May 22, 1967. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Bowman Richard Lethbridge. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
British Oakand and Don Pat
MCH. 20TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.34 P.M. the R.N. Shore Signal Station reported that rockets had been seen at Warden Point, coming from the Nore and Mouse Light-vessels. The sea was rough, with a strong squally W.N.W. breeze....
Margaret Ann
All in a season's work RNLI Divisional Inspector Colin Williams gives a round up of all things operational this Spring in the island of Ireland Our crews experience everything that the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean can muster, as...