LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat
FEBRUARY 10TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
A small boat had been reported in difficulties off Kessingland, but nothing could be found. Before the call a vessel had collided with the south pier at Lowestoft and had dislodged a...
Fishing Boats
At 12.30 p.m. on 9th March, 1967, five Arbroath fishing boats were approaching the harbour and, as the wind and sea had risen suddenly, the harbour entrance wasdangerous. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched at 12.35 in a gale...
5 mountains, 2 days
Five crew members from Tower Lifeboat Station took on a gruelling challenge in June, climbing the highest mountains in each of the countries the RNLI serves – England (Scafell Pike), Scotland (Ben Nevis), Wales (Snowdon), Northern Ireland...
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The Ex-HDML Eun Mara an Tar
Broken Steering Gear ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1973, Second Coxswain Rowley at Scarborough, Yorkshire (the coxswain being away on holiday), was informed at 11.22 p.m. by the duty officer of the lighthouse that red flares had been sighted off the...
A Dinghy (1)
CHILLED SURVIVORS AFTER a white flashing light had been seen off Margate, Kent, at 12.54 a.m. on 4th October, 1971, the life-boat North Foreland was launched.
After travelling a mile and a half towards the flashing light...
Pinta
JULY 23RD. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
While returning to Hull after a visit to Spurn, the small sailing yacht Pinta, of Hull, manned by five sea scouts, was forced to put back by a rising wind. The sea was moderate, but a...
Fishing Cobles (1)
JUNE 12TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the morning a moderate north-east wind was blowing, with rough breaking seas at the harbour entrance. This made it very dangerous for small vessels to enter. At 11.50 the No. 1 motor...
Saving Life from Shipwreck
IN the Wreck Returns presented by the Board of Trade every year to Parliament, it is recorded that, from the very nature of the circumstances, the largest number of lives saved from founderings and collisions in the seas of the British Isles...
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Calaharis and Moss Rose, and White Knight (1)
North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough lifeboat already at sea...
A Dinghy
LONG NIGHT SEARCH Hastings, Sussex. At 7 p.m. on 9th February, 1964, the mechanic told the honorary secretary that an angling dinghy was overdue, and it was decided to launch the life-boat. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...