Coastguard Collection

Rathmullan, Co. Donegal, from the Sea - a view of the town taken from the sea and over the beach showing the Coastguard station and other buildings

Kilkeel Harbour and Coastguard Station - a view along the harbour with boats either side to the Coastguard station on the hill. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Down; Kilkeel)

Coastguard Station and Promenade, Cromer, North Norfolk. Now the site of the wonderful RNLI Henry Blogg Museum and Rocket House Cafe (I recommend the dressed Cromer crab salad...). Date: circa 1905

Page from The Graphic entitled Our Coastguard
A page from The Graphic entitled Our Coastguard, detailing the work of smugglers and lifeboat crews in 1892. 1892

Coastguard Station, Rathmullan - a view of the Coastguard station on the left and the beach on the right. (Location: Republic of Ireland: County Donegal: Rathmullan). Date: circa early 1900s

Armed Coastguards, early 1900s

The Pocket Marconigraph
Predicting the mobile phone - man stranded at sea sends a message on his Pocket Marconigraph Date: 1914

Sikorsky S-61N G-BPWB
Her Majesty's Coastguard - Sikorsky S-61N G-BPWB (msn 61-822), operated by Bristow Helicopters Ltd. at the SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 16 July 2000 Date: 2000

Britten-Norman BN-2A Islander G-BCEN
Britten-Norman BN-2A-26 Islander G-BCEN (msn 403), operated by Air Atlantique for H.M. Coastguard. Date: circa 2000

Two coastguards and a little girl, possibly in Southwold, Suffolk. Date: circa 1907

Auxiliary coastguard with binoculars, West Country
Auxiliary coastguard looking through binoculars, West Country coast. Date: circa 1980s

WW2 - Lets Go! USA - Keep em Flying! - US Coastguard Date: 1944

Larriban Cliffs from Coastguard Stn - a high level view of cliffs in the distance. (Location: Northern Ireland; County Antrim; Carrick-a-Rede). Date: circa early 1900s

Pier and Coastguard Station, Buncrana - a view down the river to the pier and sea with the coastguard station to the left. There is a ship at the pier

Coastguard Station, Donaghadee - a street scene with the coastguard building on the left and a church on the right and a crowd of children. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Down: Donaghadee)

Coastguard Station, Whitehead - a side view of the building. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Antrim: Whitehead). Date: circa early 1900s

Beachy Head, near Eastbourne, Sussex, the site of many deaths and rescues. Seen here are members of the coastguard rescue party, setting off on an emergency call with ropes and other equipment

Margaret Thatcher at Falmouth Coastguard Station, Cornwall
Margaret Thatcher, nee Roberts (1925 -2013), first woman to be British Prime Minister (Conservative), 1979-1990. Seen here visiting Falmouth Coastguard Station, Cornwall. Date: 1980s

Naval reservist on duty, Sidmouth beacon light, WW1
A fisherman who is a naval reservist on night duty under the Sidmouth beacon light in the early weeks of the First World War

Spanish Coastguards - Spain Date: 1880s

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