LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mahogany Baulk for Keel Is Put Through Planing Machine
Mahogany baulk for keel is put through planing machine.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shelmelier
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 12.29 a.m.
on i8th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the m.v. Kilkenny had sighted red flares about 10 miles north-west of Skerries lighthouse. There was a gale from...
The Seaham Disaster
At 3.55 on the afternoon of 17th November, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Seaham life-boat station, Captain R. Hudson, was informed by the coast- guard that, according to a report from a local fisherman, a small boat was still out and...
Category: Articles
None (3)
KEEPER UNCONSCIOUS St. Marys, Scilly Isles. At 8.45 p.m.
on 9th March, 1965, the honorary secretary was informed by Lands End radio that a keeper on Round Island Lighthouse had been found unconscious. The honorary secretary...
H.R.H. The Duke of Connaught, K.G., Wearing His Life-Boat Emblem
Greater London life-boat day on May 23rd.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Open all hours
When three people’s lives were in danger, off-duty lifeguards knew what to do
At 6pm on 16 August 2011, three lifeguards finishing their day at Porthcothan, Cornwall, advised everyone to leave...
Category: Articles
Zona, Pisces
RESCUE IN WORST WEATHER FOR 20 YEARS WHEN on 20th November, 1971, red flares were sighted in the area of the Wallet Spitway buoy, the Clacton, Essex, life-boat Valentine Wyndham- Quin was launched at 6.17 p.m. The wind was south south west...
His Last Message.
To each of the three annual meetings of the Institution since the outbreak of war The Duke of Kent sent a message of congratulation. The last of these messages was read by Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, when he...
Category: Articles
Jeff Leyton,
Jeff Leyton, star of Les Miserables, sang for the lifeboats at Ulster Hall concert, Belfast, on 25 October. The musical evening was hosted by local band, Festival Brass, and saw Jeff performing hits from some well known and loved musicals.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Padstow Has Two Up-To-Date Local Wreck Charts on Display Round the Harbour.
Padstow has two up-to-date local wreck charts on display round the harbour.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs