LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rescue By Nautical School Boys
FOR rescuing two men and a small girl from a capsized dinghy off Black More Point, a framed letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the R.N.L.I., Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., has been awarded to Raymond Court and...
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The New Fowler Tractor
THE newest type of tractor now being used by the Institution is a develop- ment of the 95 b.h.p. Challenger III diesel crawler tractor made by Messrs.
John Fowler and Company (Leeds) Limited.
The standard...
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Keel Life-Lines
AN expedient has been suggested by Lieut. E. G. BUTLER, E.N., to enable persons upset in a boat to hold on by her until succour reaches them. As it appears to be one of those simple and inexpensive plans which might be universally adopted...
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MUD RESCUE MORECAMBE 18 MAY
A 14-year-old girl was rescued by Morecambe lifeboat crew after being trapped up to her waist in mud for 90 minutes. Morecambe’s inshore rescue hovercraft crew, accompanied by a Coastguard rescue helicopter, headed to the scene, locating the...
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Roimbahn
Fire at sea 'Very competently handled,' was the verdict of Portpatrick's honorary secretary after his crew put out a blaze aboard the yacht Roimbahn.
with three men and two dogs aboard, on 24...
Bonnie Lad
On the morning of the 6th August, the llfraeombe Life-boat Go-operator No. - rescued two persons, who were found in a pitiable condition in a fishing boat, which was dismasted and drifting helplessly in a strong W.S.W. wind and rough sea....
Gesine
The Life- boat James Stevens No. 13 performed an excellent service on the 14th April.
At 5.30 in the morning a message was received that a vessel was on the rocks at Westhaven, Carnoustie. With all haste the Life-boat...
An American Mustang
JANUARY 13TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 3.14 in the afternoon the naval authorities at Harwich reported, through the coastguard, that an aeroplane was down east of Clacton pier. A fresh east-north-east wind was blowing, with a moderate...
No. 2, of Dundee
BROUGHTY FERRY.—At one o'clock on the morning of the 18th November, the pilot-cutter No. 2 of Dundee, dragged its anchor and stranded on Abertay Sands.
Heeling over until it lay broadside to the gale, the vessel...
Teymar (2)
Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...