LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thistle (1)
Cromer, Norfolk - At 9.34 a.m. on 22nd January, 1969, it was reported that the m.f.v. Thistle with a crew of three had broken down a mile and a half north east of the life-boat station. The life-boat Ruby and Arthur Reed was launched at 9.41...
Beal Abhr
Youghal, Co. Cork - At 4.35 p.m. on 9th September, 1969, Valentia radio station reported that the motor fishing vessel Beal Abhr was in difficulties in Youghal bay. The lifeboat /. B. Couper of Glasgow was launched at 4.45 in a fresh...
The Whaler Brodrene Saevik
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 2.15 on the morning of the 17th of June, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorarysecretary that the whaler Brodrene Sae- vik of Alesund, Norway, had broken down with engine trouble three miles east of Noss Head....
An Air-Sea Rescue launch
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 29th of September, 1960, the Royal Air Force detachment at Tenby requested the use of the life- boat Henry Comber Brown to tow in one of their air-sea rescue launches, which had broken...
The Motor Cabin Cruiser De Santelle
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 28th June, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser appeared to be in difficulty a mile east of Thorpe- ness. A moderate south-westerly wind was blowing...
Rosinbhir, of Liverpool
Peel, Isle of Man - At 12.58 p.m. on I2th September, 1966, the motor fishing vessel Rosinbhir, of Liverpool, was reported to have broken down six miles north west of Peel. The life-boat Clara and Emily Bar-well was launched at 1.25 in a...
Seruta, of Caernarvon
Beaumaris, Anglesey - At 5 p.m. on 12th November, 1966, it was reported that a distress signal had been flashed from a boat, about one and a half miles north west of Puffin Island. The lifeboat Field Marshall and Mrs. Smuts was launched at 5...
Jenne
Ilfracombe, Devon - At 9.15 p.m. on 17th July, 1967, it was reported that a small boat appeared to be in difficulties off Rillage Point. The life-boat Lloyd's II was launched at 9.30 in a light breeze and a smooth sea. It was low water....
Hail
Hail ... to the new 52ft Arun class lifeboat, City of Belfast (above), recently stationed at Donaghadee, County Down. So far, some £173,000 of the £390,000 it cost to build her has been defrayed by a special appeal launched by the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
On March 20 In a Strong West-South-Westerly Breeze Newhaven's 44Ft Waveney Lifeboat Louis Marches! of Round Table Went to the Help of the Barge Dunord Which
On March 20 in a strong west-south-westerly breeze, Newhaven's 44ft Waveney lifeboat Louis Marches! of Round Table went to the help of the barge Dunord which, on passage from Lowestoft to Poole, was aground one mile west ofBeachy Head... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs