LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat (1)
Stronsay, and Stromness, Orkneys.— At 10.24 on the night of the 26th of May, 1954, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned the Stronsay life-boat sta- tion that a man had left St. Catherine's Bay in a motor boat for Kirkwall at five...
Lifeboat Services
Father and son trapped in cave Adifficult and dangerous service by Port Isaac's D class inshore lifeboat has led to the award of the RNLI's Thanks on Vellum to her helmsman Kevin Dingle and to a crew member, Mike Edkins.
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Category: Services
A Motor Boat
Tor bay, Devon - At 11.28 p.m. on I4th July, 1966, a motor boat on hire from Ter'gnmouth was reported overdue. The owner was searching along the coast. It was decided if the boat was not traced by daylight the life-boat and a helicopter...
Boat Shows
SHOWS Thanks to the generous free space allocated by the organisers, the RNLI was able, for the second year running, to display a lifeboat at the 1985 London International Boat Show. She was the 33ft Brede class, Safeway, destined for...
Category: Articles
Other Life-Boat Launches
OTHER LIFE-BOAT LAUNCHES In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in full on pages 195 and 198 the following launches on service were made during the months December, 1969, January and...
Category: Services
Right: Fergal Walsh and Peter Cuthbert
flight: Fergal Walsh and Peter Cuthbert Picture; fl ML I/Sue Denny. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Filey Inshore Lifeboat Crew
L-R: Pip (40), Stuart (23) and Francis (20]. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Safe Landings?
High Summer always draws swimmers to the sea, but only the toughest would brave the weather buffeting Flamborough Head on the afternoon of 22 August 2007. As Elizabeth Paine reports, one such soul tested a new lifeboat and her crew in a race...
Category: Articles
The M.F.V.s Sophie Louise, Nova Venture and George Weatherill
Help for disabled MFV in severe gale force winds IWhitby's relief Tyne class lifeboat Owen and Ann Aisher was on service for some 12 hours on 3 April 1990 when three fishing vessels experienced difficulties with the entrance to the...
An Inflatable Dinghy (2)
Two ILBs search A SMALL INFLATABLE DINGHY in which it was thought there were two boys and which appeared to be in difficulty 600 yards off Southerness Light was reported to Silloth ILB station by Ramsey Coastguard at 1819 on Wednesday May 2;...