LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Quicksilver
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire - At 8.10 a.m. on 29th October, 1966, a yacht was in difficulties, its engine broken down, in a strong flood tide and little wind in Bardsley Sound. At 8.25 the life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched. The...
Accident to Life-Boat Inspector
LIEUT. E. D. STOGDON, R.N.V.R., Eastern District Inspector of Life-boats, suffered a serious accident at Hastings on the 27th of July, 1958. The life-boat was about to be launched in connection with the celebration of the hundredth...
Category: Articles
Good Will Visit:
Good will visit: Eastbourne lifeboat set out last December to make the annual delivery of Christmas presents from the local townspeople to the Trinity House men of the Royal Sovereign light tower. When they got out there (right) they found... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Boat (2)
Ramsgate, Kent - At 5.47 p.m. on 29th October, 1967, the Deal coast-guard informed the life-boat coxswain that a small boat near the entrance to the river Stour needed help. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 6.5 in...
Moonshine
Hastings, Sussex - At 8.55 p.m. on 17th April, 1968, the motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about five miles south east of the life-boat station.
The life-boat Fairlight was launched...
None (1)
Swanage, Dorset-At 8.50 p.m. on 2nd June, 1968, the honorary secretary learnt that a youth was stranded on Ballard Cliff. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 9.11. It was one hour after low water. On reaching the area the life-boat assisted...
Kruguen
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands - At 3.30 a.m. on 23rd January, 1969, it was learnt that the French trawler Kruguen had broken down eight miles west south west of the Bishop Rock lighthouse. The life-boat Guy and Clare Hunter was launched at...
Argus
Dover, Kent - At 7.10 p.m. on 5th July, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties and drifting towards the Goodwin sands. At 7.22 the life-boat Faithful Forester was launched. It was three hours...
The Life-Boatman
Blind eyes turn towards the sea, And through a mist of age and time A tiny speck which once a flame Pleads to answer loud maroons Which call 'Distress'. Gnarled hands, Hard as oak, shake, yet once threw Lines, and pulled an oar to...
Category: Poetry
Tuatanga
Ramsgate, Kent - At 7.53 p.m. on 15th July, 1967, a message was received that a motor yacht had broken down and was drifting towards Broadstairs. The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis slipped her moorings at 8 o'clock in a gentle south...