LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Travelscope
4 days Departing November & December 2006 On board MS Britannia Cruise the romantic Rhine when its famous Christmas Markets are in full swing and its villages and towns are jingling with festivity. Enjoy the terrific shopping...
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The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form,, the nature of the fittings and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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Surf's up!
With enormous surf breaking violently around them, how could two hypothermic men possibly escape their rocky prison?
Whipsiderry Bay is one of Cornwall’s ‘hidden gems’ that sees surfers catching waves all year round. So it...
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A Yacht
Injured yachtsman saved from certain deathD A mayday call from an injured sailor who had lost control of a yacht was relayed to Falmouth Coastguard on 29 October 2003.
The Royal Navy (RN) search and rescue helicopter from...
The American Steamer Byron Darnton, of Baltimore
MARCH 16TH - 17TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE. Soon after eleven o’clock on the night of the 16th the Southend coastguard reported to the Campbeltown life-boat station that a ship was ashore...
A Fishing Boat
17th Octo- ber. A fishing boat was wrecked on Portmadoc Bar, and before the life- boat could reach her the crew of two had been swept away and drowned.— Rewards, £7 16*. 6d..
Mr. T. Hall,
The death is recorded of Mr. T. Hall, a former Amble coxswain, who served as boat's officer for 16 years. He was 75..
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Frederica
On the 2nd November, when the dense thickness which had prevailed during the early part of the morning cleared, a steamer was observed ashore on the Button rocks. The Life-boat was very promptly launched and found the vessel was the...
The Dutch Oil Tanker Georgia (1)
AT 8.30, in the evening of 21st November, 1927, the Motor Life-boat at Great Yarmouth and Gorleston was launched in response to a wireless message received from s.s. Trent that help was urgently required to save the lives of the crew of the...