LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jeanie Hope
Shortly after midnight on the 10th - llth January, information was received by telephone that two men were adriffc in a boat. As a moderate easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea, the crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9 were...
Sunlight
On the 15th of January, 1953, the Thurso life-boat rescued the crew of eleven of the steam trawler Sunlight, of Aberdeen, which was listing heavily at the time of the rescue. For a full account of this service and of the rewards given see...
In Memory of Dunkirk.
At the request of the vicar of St. George's Church, Ramsgate, the flag of the Ramsgate life-boat, which brought off 2,800 men of the B.E F. from Dunkirk, has been presented to the church. It has been consecrated and it will hang in the...
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569 Lives Rescued
Life-boats have rescued 569 lives this year up to the end of November, The summer was the busiest the Service has ever had except in the year of the Battle of Britain, and September was the busiest September on record..
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Fifty Medals for Gallantry (8)
On the 26th November, 1939, the Blackpool life-boat rescued the six survivors of the crew of the Mersey pilot boat Charles Livingstone.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM R. PARR was awarded the silver medal.
MOTOR...
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Mirrie
On the 31st December the Life- boat Elizabeth Moore Garden was launched, and proceeded to the assistance of the smack Mirre, stranded on the rocks under Summerlies Point. A heavy ground sea had set in after the Mirre grounded, which made the...
Harkaway, of Yarmouth
Again, on the morning of the 10th May the cutter Harkaway, of Yarmouth, was lost on the Barber Sands. As it was only blowing a fresh breeze, two ordinary beachmen's boats essayed the task of re- moving the crew, but finding, on nearing...
Guiding Star
HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Life-boat Algernon and Eleanor was launched at 1 P.M., on the 15th April, and stood by the fishing coble Guiding Star, of Hauxley, which had been overtaken by a very heavy sea. The other boats had landed, the...
Young Harry
A telephone message on the 22nd August reported that a vessel was ashore on the Holm Sands. The No. 1 Life-boat was launched, and in tow of a tug proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the smack Young Harry, of Lowestoft, homeward bound...
Helene
At 2.43 P.M., on the 19th June, the Coastguard reported to the Coxswain of the Life-boat Mark Lane that a vessel was aground on the Cross Sand, and in seven minutes the Life-boat was launched.
A south-easterly wind was...