LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Young Ian
Tenby, Pembrokeshire - At 4.7 p.m.
on 31st October, 1969, the coastguard reported that the m.f.v. Young Ian was in difficulties off Amroth.
The motor boat Minerva was going to the fishing vessel's...
Janet Brown Pulls Out Each Winning Ticket
Fourteenth RNLI national lottery draw: as Janet Brown pulls out each winning ticket Joyce Pearce of the Appeals Department makes an immediate record of name and number.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Capri
The Coastguard telephoned at about 7 A.M. on 28th March that a yacht was ashore on the Hook Sands. The Poole and Bourne- mouth Life-boat Harmar was promptly launched and found the yacht Capri ashore, with a party of six on...
Wairakei II and Beetle
Margate, Kent. — At 4.41 on the afternoon of the 5th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that two yachts appeared to be ashore on Margate sands some four and a half miles from Margate pier. The life- boat North Foreland (Civil...
Yes I'D Do It All Again By Rosemarie Ide
IT WAS ONE of those glorious days. A day to be taken out and inspected and admired now and then in years to come.
It would make one feel warm and good all over again. A glad-to-be-alive day.
The sun was...
Category: Articles
Pleasant Mirth
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 11.50 on the night of the 25th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man living in Marston had reported that a yacht appeared to be in a very dangerous position off Blakeney Point. The...
Swimming Gala In Salford
THE City of Salford branch organized a Swimming Gala in celebration of the King's Silver Jubilee. The baths where it was held were lent and decorated with flowers by the Corporation. Mr.
L. B. Todd, secretary of the...
Category: Branches
Admiral Van Tromp
Fishing vessel aground A DISTRESS CALL asking for lifeboat assistance from the fishing vessel Admiral Van Tromp was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station by Whitby Coastguard at 0302 on Thursday, September 30, 1976; the...
Squall and Valerie
Margate, Kent. At 4.26 on the after- noon of the 2nd July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half off Whiteness. There was a moderate north-westerly wind with a rough sea....
Ena
Hastings, Sussex. — At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 22nd of September, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a local fisherman had reported to the police that a fishing vessel was making signals of distress off St. Leonards Pier.
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