LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Valkyrie II
Margate, Kent. At 6.45 on the morning of the 9th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Valkyrie II of Fraserburgh was in difficulties fourteen miles east-north- east of North Foreland....
Swift
ENGINEER WAS ILL Margate, Kent. At 2.32 a.m. on nth March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Swift of London had reported that the second engineer was seriously ill and needed a doctor. The life-boat...
Inshore Lifeboat Services December 1978 January and February 1979
Aberdovey, Gwynedd December 8 Abersoch, Gwynedd December 10 Atlantic College, South Glamorgan February 24 Beaumaris, Gwynedd January 1 and 17 Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland December 16 Blackpool, Lancashire February 26 and 28 Broughty...
Category: Services
OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES IT is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: February, 1986 Denis Hapgood, who was chairman of Wadebridge branch from 1977 to 1985.
Sidney Banister, honorary treasurer of Wadebridge branch since...
Category: Obituaries
The Sailing Barge Yarana
OCT. 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At.
2.15 A.M. the coastguard telephoned the coxswain that he believed a vessel was burning flares. The coxswain went to the coastguard look-out and was satisfied that they were distress signals....
Cedrington Court
JANUARY. 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.15 A.M. a message was received from the Ramsgate coastguard that the North Goodwin Light-vessel had reported that an explosion and repeated blasts on a steamer’s siren had been heard about three miles...
An Aeroplane (15)
MAY 25TH. - RAMSGATE. KENT. At 6.34 P.M. a message was received from the Ramsgate coastguard that the R.A.F. command at Manston had reported an aeroplane down in the sea approximately five miles from Dunkirk, and that the naval authorities...
None (80)
SEPTEMBER 3RD. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 10.15 A.M. the coastguard reported that a man had dropped by parachute into the sea seven miles N.E. of Reculver. The sea was smooth, with a light N.W. wind. The motor life-boat J. B....
Safety campaign packs a punch
He has taken on some of the most powerful sportsmen on the planet, but when it came to tackling the water, England rugby star James Haskell had to admit defeat.
James put his weight behind the launch of Respect the Water,...
Category: Articles
Which way is the beach?
Summer’s here, and our lifeguards are back on patrol. This year, they're on more than 180 beaches around the UK.
New beaches with RNLI lifeguard patrols this year include Cranfield, Murlough and Tyrella in Co Down;...
Category: Articles