LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Ex-Ship's Life-Boat
Ramsgate, Kent - At 1.53 p.m. on 6th June, 1967, it was learned that a boat was in difficulties off the beach and the crew were firing flares. The life-boat Edward and Isabella Irzoin, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings...
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: June 11 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 4, 18, July 12 (three times), 24 (three times), 26 (twice) and 27 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class: June 12 (three times), 23, July 12, 31 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun:...
Category: Services
An American Jet Aircraft
Dover, Kent.—At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 30th of November, 1952, the Sandgate coastguard tele- phoned that an American jet aircraft had crashed off Kingsdown, about one and a half miles east-north-east of Dover, and that the...
An R.A.F. Aerial Life-Boat
MAY 12TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
An R.A.F. aerial life-boat was adrift and flying a distress signal, but an air-sea rescue launch took her in tow. - Rewards, £9 8s..
Services of the Life-Boats of the Institution During 1948
Yeisons Time of rescued from 1948. Launching. shipwreck.
Jan. 2. 3.20 p.m. S.S. Silvia Onorata, of Naples. Walmer life-boat stood by vessel „ 4. 2.50 p.m. / and rescued _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 80 ,, 4. 7.40 a.m....
Category: Services
Alderney Lifeboat Crew Are Presented to the Duchess of Kent By Coxswain Stephen Shaw
Alderney lifeboat crew are presented to the Duchess of Kent by Coxswain Stephen Shaw. Behind the Duchess are (r) Mr Michael Vernon, a deputy chairman of the RNLI, and (I) Dr John Ayoub, chairman of the branch committee. photograph by... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Norwegian Merchant Vessel Lysfoss
oom Tobermory lifeboat crew took a leading role in a major environmental operation after a cargo ship ran aground on 7 May. The stricken vessel could clearly be seen from the lifeboat station, firmly wedged onto rocks just a 10-minute...
Lifeboat Services
TIME OF THE ESSENCE AS TOW IS PASSED Eight saved from yacht dismasted and close to rocks in onshore gale The coxswain of Blyth lifeboat, Keith Barnard, has been awarded the RNLI's Thanks of the Institution on Vellum for saving the lives...
Category: Services
An Amphibious Craft
AMPHIBIOUS CRAFT SANK Moelfre, Anglesey. At 3.30 p.m. on 18th February, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that an amphibious craft with five men on board, employed to make improvements to a sewage pipe for the local authorities, had...
An Inflatable Canoe
LIFE-BOAT AND SPEED BOAT PUT OUT TO CANOEISTS Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 26th June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an inflatable canoe was drifting out to sea off Jaywick. The life-boat...