LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ANOTHER FISHING BOAT IN DANGER Scarborough, Yorkshire.—At 3.3 in the afternoon of February 28th, 1947, a report was received that a fishing boat was lying about a quarter of a mile east of Castle Hill, in a dangerous position.<...

Stronsay, Orkneys.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of December, 1955, a report was received that the local lobster boat Fulmar was at anchor in Huip Sound but that she was in danger of sinking, as there was a very rough sea...

Weymouth, Dorset.—At 10.14 on the morning of the 20th of August, 1957, the Wykc Reg-is coastguard telephoned a report that the yacht Rona had developed a bad leak one mile west of St. Alban's Head. The life-boat Wil- liam and Clara...

Exmouth, Devon. At 9.57 on the evening of the 7th of June, 1959, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the police at Dawlish that a motor boat was making distress signals two miles off Dawlish.

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Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.36 on the afternoon of the 20th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had had her mast carried away one mile east of the look-out. At three o'clock there...

At 6.22 p.m. on 2yth August, 1966, a report was received that a vessel off the Happy Days Holiday Camp, Towyn, had fired a distress signal. At 6.36 the life-boat Lucy Lavers, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in a east south...

Dear Editor Having been a Shoreline supporter for many years and now an Offshore member, I thought I would write in and air my views on lilos, rubber rings and inflatable dinghies, which are sold at seaside shops: can't we get these toys...

The first Lifeboat Saturday, showing the Southport lifeboat Mary Anna in Albert Square Manchester. The two lifeboatmen standing in the boat to the left of the carriage wheel are John Jackson and Henry Robinson - the two crew members who... - View image in PDF