LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Juan Ferrer
CLUNG TO WRECKAGE Penlee, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.
At 2.58 a.m. on 23rd October, 1963, the coastguard at St. Just was informed by Land's End radio that a Spanish vessel had gone aground near Mount's...
New Ways of Raising Money
Following the success of last year's exhibition at the Templars Secondary School in Stepney an even more impressive show was put on this year, to coincide with London Life-boat Day. Pride of place was given to an I.R.B. Other exhibits...
Category: Donations
Mer Gespard
On the Goodwins RAMSGATE PIERHEAD lookout sighted red flares to the south east of the harbour at 2303 on Saturday October 29,1983. The sighting was immediately reported to Dover Coastguard, the honorary secretary of Ramsgate lifeboat station...
Vamoss II
Yacht saved BRIXHAM COASTGUARD contacted Exmouth lifeboat station on the morning of Friday June 21, 1985 with the news that a yacht was in difficulties one mile off shore to the east of Sidmouth. Six minutes later, at 1046, the station's...
Teymar (1)
Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
— The NATIOHAI, •ION has formed another Life-boat establishment on the coast of Essex, for the better protection of the shipping which crowds the channels lead- ing to the Thames. The Life-boat had only been placed on its station at...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
FOLKESTONE. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life- boat station at Folkestone, in accordance with the wishes of the local residents, as an additional safeguard for life-saying pur- poses for that part of the coast, the...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
WHITBY. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has replaced the No. 1 Life- boat on this Station by a new boat, 34 feet long, 8 feet wide, and rowing 10 oars, which was presented by Mrs. MABT ANN ELLIS, of York, and formerly of North Grrimston...
Category: Articles
List of Launches
Station-by-station lifeboat launches for March, April and May 1999 Aberdeen Arun: Mar f and 29 D Class: Mar 6. Apr 4. 18 and May 22 Aberdovcy Atlantic 21: Apr 23. 30. Ma II and 21 Abersoch Atlantic 21-.Apr 13 Aith Severn: Apr 3 and 27...
Category: Services
Launches
ABERDEEN ON-1248(17-24):Dec24; Jan 12,17 D-536:Dec21;Jan12;Feb25 ABERDOVEY B-758: Mar 29(x2) ABERSOCH B-790: Dec 31 A RF R V CTWYTH MDcn T j i w i i n B-774:Dec28;Jan21; Feb 20,22(x2); Mar 3,23,28,30 ACHILL ISLAND, ON-1228(14-24):Dec7...
Category: Services