LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Books
Books Never turn back: The RNLI since the Second World War By Ray and Susannah Kipling Published by Sutton ISBN 0750943076 Price: £19.99 hardback While the RNLI’s status as a lifesaving charity has remained firm, the Institution has...
Category: Articles
A Kayak
On Sunday 11 June 2006, a man launched his flat-topped kayak at Perranporth in Cornwall in anticipation of an afternoon's fun. Soon however he was overwhelmed by 2m surf. It washed him, out of control, round into a rocky cove and threw...
The Life-Boat Service In 1949
Ix 1949 the Life-boat Service set up a new record. Its life-boats went out to the rescue 639 times. That is the largest number there has ever been in time of peace. In time of war it has been exceeded only thrice, in 1939, 1940 and 1941.<...
Category: Articles
Seabird
On the 12th September, the smack Seabird, of Yarmouth, was seen to get on the sand known as Holkham Knoll. The Caister No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched at 2 P.M., proceeded to the vessel, succeeded in getting her afloat, and took...
Emperor, of Grimsby
On the 11 th November, the fishing smack Emperor, of Grimsby, was stranded during squally weather near Grainthorpe Haven. The North Briton life-boat put out and re- mained alongside the vessel some hours until the tide fell, leaving the...
Eleanor, of New Quay
The schooner Eleanor, of New Quay, Cardiganshire, .was seen on the Constable Bank, off Rhyl, on the evening of the 2nd June, with a signal of distress flying. The tubular Life-boat Morgan was launched as soon as practicable to her assistance...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Shortly before 8 A.M., on the 2nd April, it was reported that the fishing fleet were at sea and some of them were coming for the har- bour. There was a strong W.N.W.
breeze, and the sea was growing on the Bar as the tide...
A Large Coble
On the 2nd February it was blowing a whole E.N.E.
gale and a very heavy sea was running in the bay, endangering a large coble which had been left at anchor, and was then in broken water. As it was not safe for the fishermen...
A Vessel (23)
JULY 2ND. - EXMOUTH, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A vessel had been reported on fire six miles S.E by S. of Berry Head, but the Torbay life-boat could find nothing. Next day the life-boats at Exmouth and Torbay were launched to a vessel reported to be...
The Austrian Brig Zorniza, of Lucine
About -9.30 P.M., on the 7th December, the St, Nicholas lightship was observed throwing .up rockets, and a light was seen as if from a vessel in distress on the Scroby Sands. The Yarmouth large life-boat was immediately launched, and...