LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Onward
On the •morning of the 23rd October, at about 7 o'clock, the ketch Onward, of Montrose, was observed in the offing, and as there was a heavy sea on the bar, with scarcely any wind, it was realized that the vessel would incur...
Barden
A few minutes after 5 on the morning of the 24th August, a telephone message from the Gunfleet Lighthouse reported that a vessel was on the sands. The crew were called, and with great prompt- ness the motor Life-boat James Stevens No. 14...
New Vice-Presidents
THE Committee of Management have appointed the following to be Vice- Presidents of the Institution, and they have accepted the appointment: The Right Hon. the Viscount Grey of Fallo- den, E.G., P.C., D.C.L., D.L.; Major- General the Right...
Category: Committee
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Clovelly, Devon. — At 4.18 on the afternoon of the 3rd of August, 1952, the Hartland Point coastguard tele- phoned that a boy was reported to be cut off by the tide at Shipload Bay, and at 4:30 the life-boat William Cantrell Ashley was...
Wind Rush and Ariel
TWO YACHTS TAKEN IN TOW New Brighton, Cheshire. At 7.20 on the evening of the 22nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground between the revetment and Taylor's bank. The life-boat White Star, on...
Kingfisher
Dover, Kent. At 9.36 on the morn- ing of the 2nd of February, 1960, the coastguard told the coxswain that a boat was burning flares off Shakespeare cliff to the west of Dover. At 9.55 the life-boat Southern Africa put out in a moderate south...
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Holyhead, Anglesey. At 10.30 on the morning of the 3rd June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a man had fallen down a cliff at South Stack. There was a northerly breeze with a choppy sea. Ten minutes later the life...
Peerless, of Aberystwith
Early on the morning of the 24th March, the schooner Peerless, of Aberystwith, went on shore on the Goodwin Sands, while it was blowing very hard from the W.S.W.; signal guns were fired by the Gull Stream light-ship, and the Van Kook...
Fishing Cobles (1)
The Life-boat Hollon the Third was launched shortly before 9 A.M. on the 28th March to the assistance of twenty-three of the fishing cobles, which had put to sea earlier in the morning for the purpose of hauling their crab pots. The wind was...
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RESCUE FROM ROCKS At 8.15 p.m. on 24th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the local life-saving apparatus team was on its way to the Little Orme because two young men were stranded. At 8.30 the life-boat The Lilly...