LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Saturday 23 August dawned wet and all indications were that it would continue. The station put their wet weather programme into effect - the crew and shore crew cleared the lifeboat house, dressed both boats and decorated the... - View image in PDF

OCT. 2 5 T H . - REDCAR, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE. At 6.32 P.M. a message was received from the Saltburn coastguard that a resident at Skinningrove had seen three red flares showing well out to sea. A strong W.N.W. wind was blowing, with a...

OCT. 19TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. A message was received that a R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea, and the Clovelly life-boat was launched at 10.20 P.M. to search between Hartland Point and Bideford. A N.E. wind...

DEC. 10TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.

At 10.48 P.M. on the 9th a message was received from the coastguard that flares had been seen in the direction of’ the Caves. The life-boat crew were assembled and later dismissed...

OCTOBER 21ST. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.

DUBLIN. At about 11 A.M. the harbour master was informed by telephone that a ship’s boat, the Dronze, of Howth, had left Howth at 9 P.M. the previous evening to go to Sutton, four miles...

JANUARY 16TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM.

A vessel was seen to be very near the Whitburn Steel Rocks, flying distress signals.

An E.N.E. gale was blowing, with snow squalls. The sea was rough. At 10.20...

AUGUST 23RD. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN At 11.35 A.M. information was received through the police that a British aeroplane was in the sea off Dalby. A moderate westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 12.10 P.M. the motor life-boat...

Father and son trapped in cave Adifficult and dangerous service by Port Isaac's D class inshore lifeboat has led to the award of the RNLI's Thanks on Vellum to her helmsman Kevin Dingle and to a crew member, Mike Edkins.