LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kiti
TOW FOR YACHT WITH THREE ABOARD Dungeness, Kent. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 16th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulty off the power station. The life-boat Mabel...
Teazer
RED ROCKETS SEEN At 9.34 p.m. on 27th November, 1963, the St. Peter Port signal station informed the honorary secretary that red rockets had been sighted four miles south-east of St. Peter Port harbour. There were light airs and a smooth sea...
A Silver Plated Replica of Chapman Light Made By Morris Johnson Was Presented to Her Majesty the Queen In June By Convey Island Branch; for 106 Years the Light
A silver plated replica of Chapman Light made by Morris Johnson was presented to Her Majesty The Queen in June by Convey Island branch; for 106 years the light marked Chapman Sands, known as 'the last hazard' to ships returning to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
(Below) Weymouth Lifeboat the 52' Barnett Frank Spiller Locke Leaving Harbour at 1507 on Thursday June 12 to Help Four Canoeists Reported In Difficulty Off Bowleaze Co
(Below) Weymouth lifeboat, the 52' Barnett Frank Spiller Locke, leaving harbour at 1507 on Thursday, June 12, to help four canoeists reported in difficulty off Bowleaze Cove. The wind was gale force north-north-easterly, the sea rough... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Coble
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 9.15 p.m. on 25th July, 1968, the coastguard reported that a fishing coble was in difficulties three miles from the Tyne look-out. The lifeboat Tynesider was launched at 9.25 in a moderate northerly breeze and...
Ewing McGruer
O.N. 70-002 at Kirkwall - At 10.37 a.m. on 23rd September, 1968, the coastguard told the staff coxswain that a lobster boat had broken down half a mile north east of Gault buoy.
The 1RB carried aboard the life-boat Grace...
Valkyrie
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 1.25 p.m.
2nd September, 1968, the coastguard told the assistant honorary secretary that the motor boat Valkyrie had broken down 100 yards off shore and required assistance. Fifteen minutes later the...
Zingari
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire - At 10.5 a.m. on 13th October, 1968, the coastguard reported that a flare had been seen off Sully island. The lifeboat Rachel and Mary Evans was launched at 10.15 in a south westerly gale with a rough sea. The...
Diddi II
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 9.35 a.m. on 6th April, 1969, it was learnt that a ketch on passage from Ilfracombe to Bristol appeared to be in difficulties.
The life-boat Lloyd's II was launched at 10 o'clock in an...
Pinnace
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 8 a.m. on 30th September, 1969, it was learnt that the cabin cruiser Pinnace had broken down off the Morecambe bay lightvessel and required assistance.
At 9.7 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was...