LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
When the Pilot of a Lightning Jet Aircraft from Leuchars Had to Abandon His Aircraft on 4Th March, 1970, Life-Boats from Broughty Ferry and Anstruther Searched for Him In Darkness.
When the pilot of a Lightning jet aircraft from Leuchars had to abandon his aircraft on 4th March, 1970, life-boats from Broughty Ferry and Anstruther searched for him in darkness. The body of the pilot was finally found by the Broughty crew... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. English Trader (1)
SILVER AND BRONZE MEDAL SERVICES AT CROMER AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON OCTOBER 26TH - 27TH. - CROMER, AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About eight in the morning a message came from the Cromer coastguard that the Yarmouth...
The Keel Boat Just Reward
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 6th December a motor fishing coble and two keel boats were at sea. A strong W.N.W. gale sprang up, bringing a rough sea, and the motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 8.45 A.M. in case...
K. Ktistakis
At 9.35 A.M. on the 25th March the coastguard telephoned that a steamer was ashore on the Good- wins, two miles W.S.W. of East Goodwin light-vessel. The motor life- boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was launched at 9.50 A.M. and...
'Send help'
When holidaymakers got trapped between cliffs and 2m waves with no way of calling the Coastguard, could anyone help them escape?
‘This was another idyllic sunny day so we headed out for a...
Category: Articles
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 10th January, 1901.
Colonel FitzRoY CLAYTON, V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Lighthouse Mission
FOR a difficult operation which involved taking an injured lighthouse keeper, who weighed 21 stone, off the Beachy Head lighthouse Coxswain Bassett, of Eastbourne, has been accorded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum.
Category: Services
A Small Boat
Outboard failed A SMALL BOAT which had fired a hand flare off Crackington Haven was reported to the honorary secretary of Bude lifeboat station by Hartland Coastguard at 1500 on Saturday May 29. Maroons were fired and at 1505 the D class...
Fortoyn II
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—About 2.25 on the morning of the 10th of May, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a pilot cutter had wirelessed him. A yacht was in difficulties and needed help, a quarter of a mile north-west by west of the Sunk...
Pedro II
BOAT TAKEN IN TOW DURING EXERCISE Newhaven, Sussex. At 10.10 on the morning of the llth March, 1962, the life-boat Kathleen Mary was launched for a routine exercise. There was a fresh north-easterly wind and a slight sea, and it was an hour...