LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Duke of Edinburgh Merchant Seamen
WE notice with pleasure that growing interest by public men in the concerns of the seamen of the country, which is always one of the signs indicative of the importance of any particular matter be-ginning to be realised by the nation at large...
Category: Articles
Charles Bowry
Charles Bowry, staff coxswain from 1984 to 1986. He joined Sheerness lifeboat crew in 1969 as station mechanic and in 1970 was appointed Coxswain/Mechanic. In 1981 he was appointed Coxswain/Mechanic of Portpatrick lifeboat. 'Charlie'...
Category: Obituaries
Above Homeward Bound
Above. Homeward bound... Coxswain Eric Ward eases the Mersey under Poole bridge for the last time.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Inshore Rescue Boats on Service
From ist April to 30th June, 1964, inshore rescue boats were launched on service 76 times. On nine occasions—described in chronological order below—they were able to rescue people in difficulties.
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14...
Category: Services
Faith Star, Success, and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 2.30 oil the afternoon of the 10th of February, 19,55. the skipper of a fishing boat told the coxswain that anxiety was felt for the safety of the fishing boats Faith Star, Success, and Lead Us. At 2.35 the Xo. 1...
Ocean Pearl
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1955, it was reported that the fishing boat Ocean Pearl, which had a crew of five, was in difficulties between one and two miles off Holborn Head. At 11.45 the life-boat...
The Scarweather Lightvessel
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. — At 10.50 on the morning of the 6th of April, 1951, the Trinity House Super- intendent asked if the life-boat could be launched to land a sick man from the Scarweather lightvessel. No other boat was available,...
Sea Queen
NOV. 13TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 7 A.M. flare were seen to the eastward. This, was confirmed by the Fairlight Coastguard Station. A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing.
The sea was smooth. At 7.25 A.M. the motor life-boat...
Naming Ceremonies
As briefly reported in the July issue of THE LIFE-BOAT (page 154) a number of life-boat naming ceremonies have taken place.
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire: the 44-foot steel life-boat Arthur & Blanche Harris was named by...
Category: Inaugurations
Jo-Anne
Set against a buoy HM COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat station at 2251 on Friday, July 16, that cries for help heard coming from the vicinity of Sconce Buoy, near Fort Victoria, had been...