LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sea Mirage
Escorted yacht in gale A FORCE 8 west-north-westerly gale was blowing at midday on Thursday September 5, 1985, when the yacht, Sea Mirage, was on passage from Port St Mary on the Isle of Man, heading for Heswell in the Dee...
The Patrol Boat Havoernen of the Royal Danish Navy
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 3rd of December, 1952, the fast patrol boat Havoernen, of the Royal Danish Navy, with a crew of twenty-four, which was taking part in exercises with British coastal...
Britannia
Aith, Shetlands.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 3rd of June, 1954, the Lerwick coastguard rang up to say that the motor fishing boat Britannia, of Lerwick, with a crew of five, had broken down in Papa Sound off Sand- ness. At 12.58 the...
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
SWANSEA —On the 4th May, 1872, the Life-boat Wolverhampton, stationed at the Mumbles, proceeded to the assistance of the ketch Jupiter, of Hamburg, which had gone ashore near the harbour during a strong gale from the W. Some of the crew of...
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Galilee
Whitby, Yorkshire.—About eight in the evening of the 20th of May, 1948, the local motor fishing vessel Galilee— which was out fishing and had in- tended staying at sea throughout the night—wirelessed that she would be returning to harbour....
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ELECTRICIANS TAKEN OFF LIGHT IN GALE Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 7.30 on the evening of the 14th December, 1962, the motor mechanic was told by the docks manager that two maintenance electricians were on Wyre light on routine maintenance work....
Miss Modesty
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At i p.m.
on 25th April, 1967, a converted prawner was endeavouring to sail up river but was not making much progress against the ebbing spring tide. The yacht was kept under observation and by 6...
The Conningbeg Lightship
NOV. 26TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD.
At 3.30 P.M. a telephone message was received that there was a sick man on the Conningbeg Lightship who had to be moved immediately to hospital, and that the Irish Lights tender was unable...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
DUNMORE, EAST, Co. WATERFORD.—It having been reported that a large steamer in distress was anchored off Slade, co. Wexford, during a whole gale from the S.8.W. and a very heavy sea, the Life-boat Henry Dodd was promptly launched at 12,15 P.M...
Category: Services
Rescue
rescue Insight Here is just a handful of incidents from 2007 from around the UK and RoI to give an insight into the thousands of lifeboat rescues carried out each year. See pages 20–27 for rescues marked . 1 freeD frOm rOPeS aS water riSeS A...
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