LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
TRAPPED UNDER SAIL Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 3.45 p.m. on nth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized between Brean Down and Cable Beacon.
The life-boat Calouste...
Tic Tac and Fishing Boats Sea Breeze, Kingfisher and Mary Arden
New Quay, Cardiganshire - At 9.30 a.m. on ist October, 1966, four local fishing boats were still at sea between New Quay and Aberystwyth, when a storm was reported. The life-boat St.
Albans was launched at 9.42 in a gale...
Repertor
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 6.54 p.m. on 9th March, 1967, a barge was reported in difficulties near the Black Tail Spit buoy. The life-boat Cecil amd Lillian Philpott, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 7.21 in a storm force...
Farringay
Minehead, Somerset - At 2.30 a.m.
on loth March, 1967, the m.v. Farringay was reported aground off Minehead and bumping heavily. The life-boat B.H.M.H. was launched at 3 o'clock in a fresh north westerly wind and a...
Jens S.
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire - At 2.42 a.m. on 3ist July, 1967, it was learnt that a vessel had fired red flares two and a hah0 miles south east of the Scarweather lightvessel. At 3 o'clock the lifeboat William Gammon - Manchester and...
The Panamanian-Registered Ship Secil Japan (1)
Lifeboats stand-by stranded cargo vessel in severe weatherThe chairman of the RNLI has written a letter of thanks to the coxswains and crews of the Padstow and St Ives lifeboats following a very difficult operation in storm-force winds.At...
Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick
Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick joined the crew in 1965, and was reserve mechanic from 1966 to 1967. He then served as mechanic until his appointment as coxswain/ mechanic in 1979.
Hewitt was awarded a bronze... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Zircon (1)
On the bar TWO RED FLARES sighted on the south side of Portmadoc Estuary, near and inside the bar, were reported to the honorary secretary of Pwllheli lifeboat station by Coastguard Porthdinllaen at 0035 on Thursday, September 1. The wind...
Launch Into South-Westerly Strong Gale Force 9 Sunday March 22:
Launch into south-westerly strong gale, force 9, Sunday March 22: Three progressive photographs of Eastbourne lifeboat, the 37ft 6in Rather Duke of Kent, taken by 16-yearold Matthew Hancock as (left) she launched down her slipway into... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain David Clemence of Ilfracombe
Coxswain David Clemence of Ilfracombe (South West Division) joined the lifeboat crew in 1954 and was second coxswain for three months in 1972 before being appointed coxswain in the same year.
In 1981 he was awarded a framed... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs