LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
White Rose
At about 9.30 A.M. on the 16th July, a report was received that a fishing-boat was flying signals of distress about four miles from the land. A strong S.S.E. gale pre- | vailed at the time with a rough sea, I and the ...
Dorothy
At 1.10 P.M. on the 12th May, a report was received from the Coastguard that a barge was ashore on the Gunfleet Sands.
The Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 was sent to her assistance and found that she was in a very dangerous...
A Dinghy
Plymouth, South Devon - At 5.10 p.m. on 25th February, 1970, a report was received from the coastguard that a dinghy was drifting seaward four miles south of Downderry.
The life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse slipped...
None (1)
Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 10.55 on the morning of the 9th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of a report received from the police that a small boy was in the sea off Rossall Point. At 11.5 the life-boat Ann...
A Small Boat
Dungeness, Kent.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 13th of August, 1957, a report was received that a small boat appeared to be dragging her anchors one mile north-east of the station.
The boat was kept under...
Rohilla
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 9.6 on the night of the 15th of September, 1957, the Foreland coastguard passed on a report that red flares had been seen on the outer boom near Horse Sand fort. The life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 9.18 in a...
Salopia
NINE TEENAGERS RESCUED Ramsgate, Kent. At 8.47 p.m. on Thursday the 5th September, 1963, the coxswain received a report from the east pier watchman, that a yacht was in difficulties about two miles south of the pier. The life-boat Michael...
Life-Boat Crews and Income Tax
Mr. John Nott, M.P. for St. Ives, has received a letter from the Financial Secretary to the Treasury, Mr. Harold Lever, stating that the service rewards made to members of life-boats crews will continue to be subject to income...
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Laura
Cloughey, Co. Down. At 10.32 on the morning of the 12th November, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from a woman living in Ballywater that a boat was said to have disappeared near Buckie Pots off Burial Island...
Auspicity
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.58 on the morning of the 28th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred between a tanker and a trawler off Point of Ayre. The tanker Auspicity of London had been...