LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tripper
During a fresh S.W. breeze on the 14th May it was reported that a vessel was on the S.W.
part of the Guufleet Sands, the steam Life-boat City of Glasgow therefore pro- ceeded to her assistance. On reaching the sands they...
Ystroom, of Amsterdam
On the 27th January, during a fresh breeze at S.S.E., in obedience to signals observed from the North Sand Head and Gull Lightships, the Life- boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, proceeded to the barque Ystroom, of Amsterdam, then...
Marie, of Boustead
At daylight on the 20th Oct., signals of distress were observed from i this station, shown by the schooner Marie Boustead, of Nantes, which, with foremast and maintop-masts gone, was riding at anchor by one cable only on a rocky i lee shore....
May
Launches 26 Lives rescued 25 The War ended on the last minute of the 8th of May
MAY 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A dinghy attached to a naval motor launch was seen by the life-boat coxswain to capsize off Fishcombe Point,...
Category: Services
What if they don’t listen?
For the past 10 years, RNLI lifeguards have carried a ‘duty of care’ to provide a reasonable level of care to all beach users.
Our lifeguards interact with members of the public more than 2M times a year. Most of the time,...
Category: Articles
United States Life-Saving Service
WE have received the Annual Report 01 the operations of the United States Life- Saving Service for the year ended the 30th June, 1890, issued from the Govern- ment Printing Office at Washington in 1892, the Service being a branch of the...
Category: Articles
Services by Auxiliary Rescue-boats
Launches 26. Lives rescued 21.
ISLE OF WHITHORN, WIGTOWNSHIRE. At 3.8 in the afternoon of the 18th of January, l944, a report was received through the military and the coastguard that a Martinet aeroplane, which had been...
Category: Services
A Pleasure Boat
HOWTH, Co. DUBLIN.—At 1.45 P.M. on the 24th July, during a strong W. gale and heavy sea, a pleasure boat with four men in her was observed to be drifting seaward. The Life-boat Clara Baker proceeded to the boat, and brought her safely ashore...
Services of the Life-Boats
Ballycotton, Co. Cork—At 6.50 A.M. on the 1st January a message was received at the Coast-guard Signal Station from the captain of the s.s. Pinna, of London, to the effect that he was in distress and required immediate...
Category: Services
Eligug
St. David's, Pembrokeshire.—At 3.30 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of April, 1950, the coastguard telephoned that the police had passed on a message from Strumble Head that a boat was drifting in St. Bride's Bay. At 10.50 that...