LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

In the early morning of the 9th January part of the local fishing fleet put out to the fishing grounds, but after going a few miles five of the boats decided to return on account of the very strong S. wind and short sea. Nine others went on,...

Lifeboatman put aboard yacht in gale force winds after skipper is taken ill The night-time rescue of two people aboard a yacht in gale force winds has earned Richard Hawkins, Coxswain/Mechanic of the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat,...

Home from the sea: a welcome through the airport window for Ha/lur Helgason, third engineer of the Icelandic coaster Tungufoss, from his wife and his little son Halli.

Hallur Helgason was one of the crew of 11 rescued by... - View image in PDF

LETTERS of appreciation signed by the Secretary of the R.N.L.I., Captain Nigel Dixon, R.N., have been sent to the crew of the Eastney, Hampshire, IRB, Mr. J. Fletcher and Mr. R. Faro, for the rescue of two boys who were marooned off Southsea...

On the 4th Jan- uary, 1869, the trawler Start, of Brixham, was observed trying to beat to windward to obtain the shelter of Babbicombe Bay, a gale blowing at the time from the S.W., with a considerable sea. Just then she lost her mast in a...

Every year Ronald Tail (third from left) conducts seashore nature trails, taking holidaymakers on walks along the beach at Appledore and telling them about some of the numerous creatures that live in the pools, on the rocks and in the sand... - View image in PDF

WITH this number we greet a new readership. This consists of members of the newly formed Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association to be known as the Y.L.A. The new Association was formally brought into being by Sir Alec Rose at...

from page 17 married James Ritchie, whose family were the owners of the brewery Heron and Brearley, and she has stayed for a lifetime. Her present home, not far from the boathouse, looks out over Ramsey Bay, and as the years have gone by her...