LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Bermudan Sloop Calcutta Princess
Snatched from rocks A MAYDAY CALL received from the 17' bermudan sloop Calcutta Princess was reported by Trevose Head Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Padstow lifeboat station at 1709 on Sunday July 17, 1977. The yacht, a quarter...
Goodbye and Good Luck Dave!
Goodbye and good luck Dave! Retiring Port Talbot station honorary secretary, Dave Aubrey (pictured left) hands the reins over to his successor Robert Harris. Dave has served the Institution for over 30 years, 24 of them as station honorary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Screw Flat Victoria
The screw flat Victoria, of Liverpool, bound from Pen- maenmawr to Birkenhead with a cargo of macadam, became unmanageable in the Rock Channel on the 12th March, in consequence of a mishap to the steering gear and the bursting of the...
The Launch of the Life-Boat at the Lizard to the S.S. "Bardic."
The Launch of the Life-Boat at The Lizard To The SS " Bardic". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Fulgens & The S.S. Sherwood
Shortly aiter 9 A.M.
on the 1 st August, a steamer was observed about one and a half miles N.N.E. of Palling in a sinking condition, and the crew of the No. 1 Life-boat, 54iA West Norfolk Rec/iment were promptly sum- moned,...
The S.S. Manolito
Penlee, Cornwall.—On the afternoon of the 13th of October, 1955, the Port Medical Officer reported that a man in the S.S. Manolito, of Costa Rica, had been injured. At 4.15 the life-boat W. and S. was launched and went to Newlyn for a doctor...
Molesey, of London (1)
Angle and St. David's (Pembrokeshire).
On 25th November, at 2.35 in' the afternoon, a message was received by the Tenby Coastguard from the Fishguard Radio that the steamer Molesey, of London, of 4,000 tons, was...
1975: (Left) End of the Afternoon Tea In the Royal Festival Hall Foyer from Workington Bronze Medallist Coxswain Albert Brown and His Wife Margaret With Captain
. . . 1975: (left) end of the afternoon, tea in the Royal Festival Hall foyer. From Workington, bronze medallist Coxswain Albert Brown and his wife Margaret with Captain David Thomas (I.), station honorary secretary.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (93)
AUGUST 18TH. - MARGATE, KENT. An aeroplane had come down in the sea close to the Shingles Patch, but the life-boat was recalled when a mile out from her station.- Rewards, £11 5s..
An Aeroplane (52)
JUNE 4TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea and the life-boat and her motor boarding boat searched, but they found nothing, and later were recalled by wireless. - Rewards, £8 16s..