LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Floralie (2)
French trawler THE FRENCH TRAWLER Floralie, 30 miles off Trevose Head on a bearing of 287°, reported in the early hours of Friday October 17, 1980, that she had a serious leak and needed immediate assistance. HMS Pollington, 40 miles...
Lucy Fry
'It's good practice to take stock every few years - we want to make sure that we are providing the best possible support with the budget that we have' - Lucy Fry. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Aeroplane (21)
JUNE 14TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 10s. 2d..
Marietta
On the 20th Feb. this Life-boat again performed most distinguished services in saving life. About 1 A.M. the usual signal of distress summoned the steam-tug GuidingStar, with the Life-boat in. tow, to the bar of the river. A gale of unusual...
Letters
Abigail revisited Readers of the Winter 2003/04 edition of the Lifeboat may remember a letter from Alan Jones recounting his airlift from the yacht Abigail with a suspected heart attack. He wrote with some embarrassment at eventually being...
Category: Correspondence
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
PENMON.—On the 6th January, 1897, the schooner Volunteer, of Dublin, laden with cement and matches, from London for Whitehaven, was observed aground on the rocks off Penmon, having dragged her anchors. A strong gale was blowing from the S.E....
Category: Services
Ceremonies
- Tyne class Mary The little town of Portpatrick, situated on the south western edge of Scotland, provided a picturesque setting for the naming ceremony of its new 47ft Tyne class lifeboat Mary Irene Millar on Friday, 19 May...
Category: Inaugurations
Four Fishing Cobles
At 2 P.M.
on the 2nd February it was necessary to launch the No. 1 Life-boat Forester, to assist four of the fishing cobles, which were at sea, the weather having become very rough, with a N.N.W. gale and very choppy sea....
Arnold Clark's Drew Sommerville Presents a Delighted Mr and Mrs Mcdonald With Their Ford Ka
Arnold Clark's Drew Sommerville presents a delighted Mr and Mrs McDonald with their Ford Ka. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John
On the night of the 18th November, the fishing yawl, John, struck on the bar at the entrance to the river. One of the 3 men of her crew was soon after washed overboard and drowned.
A coastguard-boat, the crew of which were...