LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yla Section
A night rescue operation had its sequel at Portsmouth when the Commanding Officer of a Royal Naval frigate handed over a cheque for £100 to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Frigate, H.M.S. Naiad, was on her way to...
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Wietska
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a heavy gale from the S.W., on the 8th December, the Dutch schooner Wietska parted both anchors and chains and drove ashore onthe Knock Sands off Shoeburyness. In response to her signals of distress the Life-boat Boys...
Willie, of Llanelly
HARWICH.—On the 29th December, fires having been seen in the direction of the Platters Sand, the Life-boat Spring-well was launched, and after proceeding some distance, was taken in tow by the steamtug Liverpool. The signals were found to...
Book Review
SIK CHARLES W. MACARA, BART.
W. Haslam Mills. 6s.
This book is a record of a life of marvellous activity and manifold in- terests. Few men, even in that hive of commerce and industry the county of...
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Leicester City (1)
On the 22nd of March, 1953, the Stromness and Thurso life-boats both went to the help of the trawler Leicester City, of Grimsby, when she went aground three and a half miles south- west of Stromness. Fourteen men were picked up alive, but...
Y.L.A. CHALLENGE
• An appeal from Commander F. R.
H. Swann, O.B.E., R.N.V.R., deputy chairman of the R.N.L.I, and chairman of the Yachtsman's Life-boat Supporters' Association: 'By the end of July membership of the Y.L.A. had...
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Fishing Boats (1)
Fishermen saved after 20 hours in ferocious blizzard It took a joint effort by the Mallaig and Kyle of Lochalsh lifeboats, RAF and coastguard helicopters and local fishermen to locate two friends who got lost while out whelking on 27...
Marlborough
JANUARY 26TH - 30TH and FEBRUARY 5TH.
- FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
During these days the Fraserburgh life-boat performed a number of unusual services because of a very severe snow storm, which continued...
Notes of the Quarter
Figures already available show that 1965 was a year of outstanding achievement for the life-boat service. In 1964 an all-time record for launches by rescue craft of the RNLI was established. In that year life-boats were launched 929 times...
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Fitz's Flyer
Four rescued HEARING, soon after 1300 on Sunday December 14, 1980, that a yacht firing red flares had been reported off Eastoke Head, Hayling Island, Crew Member Frank Dunster together with Trevor Pearce, a shore helper and first aider, and...