LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Evadne
Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — At 12.30 A.M. on the 18th May the life-boat station received information from the pierhead that flares had been seenfrom the lower end of the Nore Sands.
The sea was rough, with a fresh wind...
Notes of the Quarter
In 1965 the life-boat service had by far its busiest year since the Institution was founded in 1824. There were 1,038 launches by life-boats on service and 462 by inshore rescue boats. Life-boats saved the lives of 562 people and IRBs...
Category: Articles
Verconella
INJURED MAN ON TANKER Penlee, Cornwall. At midnight on 28th August, 1965, the honorary secretary notified the coxswain that the tanker Verconella was making for Mounts Bay with a badly injured man on board.
Arrangements...
Letters
Boxed clever Gloucester's Flag Day is always held early in the year, when the weather can be guaranteed to be inclement. This year's collecting went on during a blizzard of snow! Determined to keep the chill wind from my feet and...
Category: Correspondence
Johan
DUNBAR. — At about half-past six o'clock on the morning of the llth March the Coastguards observed a small open boat in a perilous position, it being impossible for her to succeed in reaching the harbour owing to the rough state of the...
Hayling Island -- South Division
Hayling Island, on the coast of East Hampshire and connected to the mainland by a road bridge, has Portsmouth to its west, Chichester Harbour to the east and the English Channel on it's southern shores.
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Category: Photographs
Corsair
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the evening of the 13th October, a vessel, which proved to be the trawler Corsair, of Calais, was seen stranded on the Caister shoal. The Life-boat Beauchamp was launched at 7.45 and proceeded to the spot. In rounding...
Golden Sceptre
On the night of the 15th January, the steam trawler Golden Sceptre, bound for Hull for repairs, grounded on Kettleness Point at 9.20 P.M. Her distress signals were seen, and the Life-boat Hester Rothschild was despatched to her assistance....
Our Boys
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 11 P.M. on the 5th July the coastguard reported that a light could be seen and shouting heard from a boat to the S.E. of Langney Point. The weather was foggy, with a smooth sea and light W.S.W. wind. The motor...
Stephanie Jane
Four saved from MFV among rocks in hurricane-force gustsCoxswain David Chant of the St Davids lifeboat, Dyfed, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of four fishermen in severe gales on 26...