LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Arundel Castle
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—Signals having been fired by the Gorton Light-vessel on the llth February, the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane was launched at about 6.30 P.M., during a moderate gale and a rough sea. As the wind was blowing directly into the...
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Cullercoats, Northumberland. — At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of November, 1955, the Tynemoutb.
police rang up to ask if the life-boat would pick up the body of a man which was in the sea off Tynemouth north pier....
The Life-Boat Service In 1935. The Busiest Year for Nineteen Years
The Busiest Year for Nineteen Years.
THE year 1935 was for the life-boat service the busiest for nineteen years.
There were 378 launches of life-boats to vessels in distress. To find a larger number one...
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Tying the knot
Jenny and Paul Jobling became the first couple to celebrate their wedding at the Lifeboat College on Saturday 17 October.
The college has been granted a licence to hold marriage and civil partnership ceremonies, and can...
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Your shout
My husband was involved in the rescue of a surfer reported on page 18 of your Autumn 2012 issue. He was pretty shaken up by the experience and we'd like to emphasise the survivor's learning, that surfers should never go out alone. We...
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Orb
BRIDLINGTON. — At 8 o'clock on the morning of the 8th December, 1880, during a gale from the S., a vessel was reported to be driving on to the North Beach. The Life-boat, William, John and Frances, was launched, but although strenuous...
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NEW BBIGHTON.—The steam-tug Hover came to the New Brighton stage at about 6 P.M. on the 5th October for the Lifeboat, as there was a ship in distress on the Little Burbo Bank. The Stuart Hay Life-boat was at once manned, taken in tow by the...
The S.S. Sudsee
Ramsgate, Kent.—During the morning of the 10th April the Brake lightvessel, on the Goodwin Sands, reported, through the coastguard, that a steamer was aground about a mile and a half E.
half S. from her. A moderate...
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GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—At about 7.30 P.M., .on the 19th August, during a N.
wind with considerable sea, the Mark Lane Life-boat went out in response to signals for assistance shown by the St.
Nicholas Light...
Left and Top: the Sinking Yacht
Left and top: The sinking yacht is caught on mobile phone camera from the lifeboat while a survivor makes it to the liferaft. - View image in PDF
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