LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Margate, Kent.—At 3.41 on the afternoon of the 23rd of July, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had capsized half a mile north of Reculver Tower. At 3.47 the life- boat North Foreland, Civil Service No.

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It covers a massive 11 acres of land; features over 60 gardens and 150 floral exhibitions; and is held in the heart of Chelsea, miles from the coast. So what exactly does the greatest flower show on earth have to do with saving lives at sea?...

Aldeburgh, and Lowes toft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 14th February, 1938, the Aldeburgh motor life-boat Abdy Beauclerk was launched at 8.30 A.M. on information from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a fishing smack was in distress several...

Fowey, Cornwall.—At 7.5 on the even- ing of.the 3rd of July, 1954, the Polruan coastguard telephoned that the local motor launch Acorn, which had a crew of four, had broken down off Blackbottle Head and was drifting towards a lee shore. At 7...

Fowey, Cornwall.—At 11.20 on the morning of the 21st of August, 1955, the Polruan coastguard rang up to say that a sailing dinghy had capsized three-quarters of a mile south-west of Blackbottle. At 11.35 the life-boat Deneys Reitz put out...

The work of the Institution mainly consists of:— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways, wherever required on the coasts of the United Kingdom.

2. Payments...

IN 1937 the coastguard organization took action in 314 cases in which vessels or aircraft were either observed or reported to be in distress, in difficul- ties, or overdue off the coasts of Great Britain and Northern...

On the afternoon of the 16th November a N.E. gale sprang up, bringing with it a heavy sea, and caused the schooner Mary Ann Mandel, of Barrow, which was riding off Kings- downe, to get into a dangerous position.

She...