LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Russian Fish-Factory Ship Kartli
Search for survivors inHurricane Force 11 and 40ft seas A recent review of past services has led the Chairman of the RNLI to write to the coxswain and crew of the Islay lifeboat saying that it was now evident that a service carried out on 18...
(Below) Jimmy Savile at the Helm of the Atlantic 21 on Show With a 'Crew' of Scouts
. . . and (below) Jimmy Savile at the helm of the Atlantic 21 on show with a 'crew' of Scouts.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Excel
On 28th to 29th October, the night following the service of the St. Mary's Life-boat, the gales reached their worst, striking with special violence on the coast of North Wales and Lancashire.
That night nine Life-boats...
Rye Harbour: the Remains of the Tiger Moth Whose Crew of Two Were Rescued By Rye's D Class Inflatable Lifeboat on August 27 (See Right) Photograph By Courtesy of Mary Lestocq
Rye Harbour: The remains of the Tiger Moth whose crew of two were rescued by Rye's D class inflatable lifeboat on August 27 (see right). photograph by courtesy of Mary Lestocq. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The East German M.V. Saale (3)
Eastbourne, Newhaven, Shoreham Harbour and Selsey, Sussex - At 9.45 p.m. on 7th January, 1967, a message was received that the East German m.v.
Saale, which was on fire, required assistance.
The life-boat...
Inflatables Are Best Played With
Inflatable are best played with on the beach, not in the water. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Wesley
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— At 1.31 on the afternoon of the 26th of March, 1955, the Seahouses coast- guard telephoned that the local fishing boat John Wesley, which had a crew of three, had broken down six miles south-south-east of...
The Power of the Sea
Dunbar’s Trent class all-weather lifeboat Sir Ronald Pechell Bt parted the ground chain of her moorings and was repeatedly thrown against rocks in ferocious conditions of up to storm force 10 in the early hours of Easter...
Category: Articles
H.M. Trawler Caulonia
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT HASTINGS MARCH 31ST. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX, AND DUNGENESS, KENT.
At 2.15 in the morning a message came from Dover asking the lifeboat to launch to the help of a vessel 3,000 yards to the south of...
Awards to Coxswains and Members of Life-Boat Crews
THE following coxswains and members of life-boat crews have been awarded certificates of service, and in addition those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations have been awarded an annuity or a retirement allowance and a...
Category: Awards