LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
S.M.126
OCTOBER 15TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At 6.30 in the morning the coastguard reported that the motor fishing boat S.M.126, with a crew of three, had broken down one mile to the south-west and needed help. The weather was...
Offshore Lifeboat Services September October and November 1976
Aberdeen, Grampian October 1.
Angle, Dyfed November 22 and 26.
Arklow, Co. Wicklow September 11.
Arranmore, Co. Donegal September 20 and November 23.
Barmouth, Gwynedd...
Category: Services
Book Reviews
• The history of Britain's Coastguard is an extraordinarily colourful one, and it is surprising that hitherto no full history of the service has been published.
The deficiency has now been made good by William Webb in...
Category: Articles
Four Presentations Were Made at Newton Road Civil Service
Four presentations were made at Newton Road Civil Service Club, Leeds, on July 13: (I. to r.) to George Long, the thanks of the Institution for his services on the flag day committee; to L. Bellhouse, a plaque for raising over £1,000... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Relief Tyne:
Relief Tyne: (above) After naming the new 47ft Tyne lifeboat RNLB Sam and Joan Woods at RNLI Pools depot quay on June 28, Mrs A. W. Hemsted was invited aboard; with her is Cdr Bruce Cairns, chief of operations.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Engine upgrades
We’re replacing the engines on our Severn class lifeboats to make them even more reliable while reducing maintenance costs and emissions.
The new diesel engines will be able to reach our desired top speed of 25 knots but...
Category: Articles
August
Launches 113. Lives rescued 119.
AUGUST 1ST. - BARRA ISLAND , HEBRIDES. At 2.30 A.M. a telegram was received from the coastguard at Kyle that a ship’s boat under sail with men on board had been seen at 9.30 P.M. the night...
Category: Services
County of Ayr, of Glasgow,
ARKLOW, IRELAND.—At 8.30 P.M. on the 19th March, the weather being fine and clear, and the wind moderate, the ship County of Ayr, of Glasgow, bound from Glasgow to Batavia, stranded on the Jack>s Hole- a Part of the Arklow Banks. whlch...
The Sea, Thine Enemy
• The Sea, Thine Enemy by Captain Kenneth Langmaid, D.S.C., R.N. (Jarrolds, 355.) is in fact a comprehensive survey of coastal lights and life-boat service.
This is undoubtedly a book which may be read with profit and...
Category: Articles
Phaedra
30-mile tow to safety for yacht adrift among rigs The rescue of two people from a yacht kept Cromer's Tyne class lifeboat at sea for 12 hours in winds of up to Force 9 on 28 September 1988. More than nine hours were spent towing the...