LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Oliver Lloyd and Turtle Dove
On the morn- ing of the 6th January the Manchester life- boat, the John Stuart, went off and succeeded in rescuing the crew of 3 men from the sloop Oliver Lloyd, of Cardigan, and 3 men from the smack Turtle Dove, of Aberystwith, which had...
An Aeroplane (7)
FEBRUARY 15TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 10.50 A.M. information was received from the Chapel St. Leonard’s coastguard that an aeroplane was down in the sea two miles east of the look-out. A light S.W. wind was blowing,...
Bass, Alto and Vivendi (1)
Yachts in distress THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of The Lizard-Cadgwith lifeboat station was telephoned on the evening of Monday September 3, 1984, to be told by Falmouth coastguard that a red flare had been sighted off Poldhu Cove. The...
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The Gallant Life-Boat Men
We've songs in praise of men of fame, Of men who've fought and bled, Whose names still live in history, Though they themselves are dead.
But I'll not sing of heroes gone, My burthen now shall be Our gallant...
Category: Poetry
A Small Fishing Boat
On the evening of the 4th January a S.W. gale was blowing with a heavy sea and rain, and as a small fishing boat, with one man on board, had not returned, it was thought advisable to send a life-boat out to search. The No. 1 motor life-boat,...
Vivid
The fish- ing boat Vivid, belonging to Wexford, struck on the Dogger Bank when re- turning from the fishing grounds on the llth January. Signals of distress were made, and with great promptness the crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 15...
A Speed Boat
Emergency comfort A woman injured her back on a speedboat ride and collapsed in agony on 22 August. Once on Bournemouth pier.Tricia Lee came around and recalls that RNLI lifeguards were there with their first aid and words of...
Letters (From Page 208)
Letters (from page 208) as crew, was out on service for If hours.
First she towed to safety two fishing dinghies, both with swamped outboard engines and both with four people aboard; one was taken to the weather shore at...
Category: Correspondence
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional figures show that in 1986 lifeboats launched 3,150 times and saved 1,260 lives.
In 1985 lifeboats launched 3,899 times (an average of nearly 11 times a day) and saved 1,747 lives (an average of...
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