LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
DINGHY ON ROCKS Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. At 2.15 p.m. on i3th March, 1964, a member of the crew told the honorary secretary that he had seen a man in a dinghy being carried out of the Conway Estuary on the ebb tide. Visibility was poor...
The Wireless Transmitting Station Radio Scotland
Dunbar, East Lothian. At 7 p.m. on 23rd February, 1966, a newspaper office telephoned the honorary secretary to ask if the Dunbar life-boat Margaret had been launched to the wireless transmitting station Radio Scotland, as they had been...
S.S. A.F.A.
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides - At ii a.m. on 9th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had received a call from the owners of the Fleetwood trawler SSAFA saying that the vessel had on board a seriously injured...
May
Islay, Inner Hebrides - At 7.30 p.m.
on 29th April, 1966, a man informed the honorary secretary that a motor fishing vessel was in trouble off the Isle of Jura.
The help of the Islay life-boat had been...
Dear reader
As a lifeboat crew member and a dad, it’s amazing to think that the children of today are the RNLI lifesavers and supporters of the future. They’re not old enough yet to join a crew or give a generous regular donation as you do. But you can...
Category: Articles
Welcome
The weather was especially unforgiving back in the Winter, whether it caused inland flooding or offshore accidents. As you’ll read in our rescue pages, it led to challenging times for our Flood Rescue Team and lifeboat...
Category: Contents
Afternoon: Shoreline Member No I Sir Alec Rose (R) Hands Over to Major-General Ralph Farrant Chairman of the Committee of Management a Rather-Shaped Che
Afternoon: Shoreline member No. I , Sir Alec Rose (r.) hands over to Major-General Ralph Farrant, chairman of the Committee of Management, a Rather-shaped cheque for £101,000, the result of the Shoreline appeal which will go towards the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats. Reported to the November, December and January Meetings of the Committee of Management
Launches 103. Lives rescued 130.
November Meeting.
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—On the evening of the 1st October a message was received from Horse Sand Fort that a vessel was stranded about two...
Category: Services
People and Places
St David's Royal visit In May, Her Majesty Queen Mamahato B Seeiso the Queen Mother and her son Prince Seeiso B Seeiso of Lesotho, South Africa, visited St David's lifeboat station. They were in St David's to sign a twinning...
Category: Articles
A Small Boat (9)
29th Sep- tember. A small boat was in difficulties, but was able to get in without help.— Rewards, £9 17s..