LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At 9 o'clock in the evening* of the 11 th January, when a whole gale was blowing, it was reported that some of the fishing-hoats were at sea in a helpless condition with their sails blown away. Steps were taken to verify the report, and...

Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 7.45 Oft the night of the llth of January, 1951, the Formby coastguard reported that the motor cruiser Thorium, of Liver- pool, laden with 600 tons of limestone, had wirelessed from near the Lune Buoy that...

Dfracombe, Devonshire. — At about 1.35 P.M. on the llth November, 1938, the coastguard reported that a passing steamer, going east, was flying a signal indicating aircraft in distress. A squally S.S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea...

NIGHT-LONG SEARCH St. Mary's, Scffly Islands. At 6.10 p.m. on 3rd May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the yacht Fair Judgement, on passage from Gibraltar, had asked for guidance to the Scilly Islands. The yacht was...

St. Ives, Cornwall-At 9.36 p.m.

on 20th June, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been sighted five to six miles west north west of Clodgy point. As a report was received that Shackleton...

Coxswain Peter Bisson of St Peter Port joined the lifeboat crew in 1980 and became second coxswain in 1984 before being appointed coxswain in 1986. Together with his fellow crew members he was awarded a bronze medal in 1981 for the rescue of... - View image in PDF

On. the 1st January, in response to a report made by one of the Great Eastern Railway Steamers that a vessel was ashore on the South Shipwash Sands, flying signals of distress, the Steam Life-boat City of Glasgow was launched. When nearing...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.34 P.M.

on the 20th March, 1939, the R.N.

Shore Signal Station reported that rockets had been seen at Warden Point, coming from the Nore and Mouse...