LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pennington
FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.—The sloop Pennington, of and for Liverpool from Fleetwood, laden with gravel, was seen drifting into a position of danger near North Wharf, having lost her sails, during a fresh gale from the N.N.E., on the 6th...
Gifts from Ship Owners
On 25th February, 1928, the Newburgh Lifeboat rescued' the crew, ten in number, of the steam trawler Isle of Wight, of Hull. Her owners, The Hull Steam Fishing and Ice Company, owning the Red Cross Fleet of trawlers, have become annual...
Category: Donations
Margaret Wicks
BY BREECHES BUOY Islay, Inner Hebrides. At 3.17 a.m.
on 8th December, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the trawler Margaret Wicks,of Fleetwood, was ashore on the Mull of Oa. There was a fresh...
Lifeboat Services November and December 1986 January and February 1987
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: January 12 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class inflatable Deccmhcr 30 (twice) Aith. Shetland 52ft Arun: January 20 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rather: November 29 and 30 Alderney, Channel Islands 44ft Waveney:...
Category: Services
Sittingbourne's Celebrated
Sittingbourne's celebrated whistling postman, Dale Howling, completed his eighth annual charity cycle ride for Sittingbourne branch in just two days in May last year. Dale cycled nearly 200 miles visiting en route all eight Kent lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Plymouth: 44' Waveney Lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse Ii Lying Alongside the Yacht Roy Fra Masnedo of Falmouth After Towing the 94-Ton Ex-Baltic Trader Safe
Plymouth: 44' Waveney lifeboat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse II lying alongside the yacht Roy Fra Masnedo of Falmouth, after towing the 94-ton ex-Baltic trader safely into Millbay Docks from one mile south of Burgh Island on the night... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Captain Hornblower Depicted Here By the Children of Cardinham Primary School Overlooks His Costume Contemporaries at the Bodmin Branch Annual Ball Held at Lanhydrock House the Event
Captain Hornb/ower, depicted here by the children of Cardinham Primary School, overlooks his costume contemporaries at the Bodmin branch annual ball held at Lanhydrock House.
The event made £800, adding to Bodmin's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats
Fishermen saved after 20 hours in ferocious blizzard It took a joint effort by the Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh lifeboats, RAF and coastguard helicopters and local fishermen to locate two friends who got lost while out whelking on 27...
March
Launches 33. Lives rescued 42.
MARCH 8TH. - MARGATE, KENT. Just after 5 p.m. the coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Water Lily, which could be seen about three miles north of Margate pier, appeared to be in...
Category: Services