LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Meg
Just after mid- night on the 21st-22nd October the coastguard telephoned that a motor boat, anchored about one mile east of Hengistbury Head, was in danger of being washed ashore. A moderate south gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and rain...
(Below) Once a Week (Whenever the Weather Allows) Mrs Joan Bagley Honorary Secretary of Totnes Branch Sets Up Shop In the Private Forecourt of Kingsbridge Inn With T
(Below) Once a week (whenever the weather allows) Mrs Joan Bagley, honorary secretary of Totnes branch, sets up shop in the private forecourt of Kingsbridge Inn, with the kind permission of the owner Philip Potter, or at the town summer... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Bronze Medal for Gallantry Was Awarded to Coxswain William Morris for the Service on March 11 Ofst David's Lifeboat the 47Ft Watson Joseph Soar (Civil Service
The bronze medal for gallantry was awarded to Coxswain William Morris for the service on March 11 ofSt David's lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Joseph Soar (Civil Service No 34), to MFV 7.
photograph by courtesy of RAF... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Books for Spring
For the young adventurer
School Ship Tobermory by Alexander McCall Smith Twins Ben and Fee MacTavish, who are nearly 13, are all set to join the school ship Tobermory, where youngsters from all over the world learn to...
Category: Articles
M.V. Pass of Dirriemore
Small tanker AT 2135 ON Friday January 9 Hartland Coastguard asked Clovelly lifeboat to stand by ready to launch to go to the help of a small tanker, MV Pass of Dirriemore, laden with chemicals. She was disabled with mechanical failure...
The Hopper Sir Joseph Rawlinson
HOPPER AND TUG COLLIDED Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.10 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that a collision had taken place near the South Oaze buoy and that there were people in the water. The lifeboat Greater London II...
St. Stephen (1)
THREE LIFE-BOATS TO A TRAWLER'S HELP Peterhead, and Fraserburgh, Aberdeen- shire, and Buckie, Banffshire.—At 3.5 in the afternoon of Jaimavy 6th, 1947, the coastguard telephoned to the Peterhead life-boat that the steam trawler St....
Inshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1976
Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 3, 26, 27, July 10, 11, 17, August 3, 10 (twice), 16, 17, 20, 27 and 29.
Abersoch, Gwynedd June 1,13, 30, July 21,28, August 19 (twice), 20, 27 (twice) and 28.
Aberystwth, Dyfed...
Category: Services
Courrier Du Nord
On the 2nd De- cember, the French brig Courrier du Nord went ashore on the ridge outside St. Ives Pier. She was first seen in the offing at ten o'clock A.M., standing to the westward in a very heavy sea, the wind blowing a strong gale at...
Mona
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — On the night of the 6th August the yacht Mona, of Heswall, bound for the Menai Straits with a crew of three, was seen to be riding at anchor in a dangerous position about a mile out of Llandudno bay. A strong...