LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Charmaine
Margate, Kent. At 5.30 on the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been drifting eastwards towards the North Spit buoy and was dangerously near Margate sands. The life-boat North...
A Dinghy (4)
Howth, Co. Dublin. At 1.35 on the afternoon of the 30th July, 1961, the Baily lighthouse watchkeeper informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy had capsized near the lighthouse. At 1.43 the life-boat R.P.L. was launched in a rough sea....
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LIFE-SAVING COMPANY RESCUES TWO FROM CLIFFS Padstow, Cornwall. At six o'clock on the evening of the 17th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man and a woman were cut off by the tide at the foot of high...
Atlantic College -- West Division
Situated in the medieval St. Donat's Castle, overlooking the treacherous coast between Penarth and Porthcawl, Atlantic College is a most unusual, but effective set-up - it is the only student-run RNLI station in the Britain. Rear Admiral... - View image in PDF
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Earl of Chatham
CEMAES, ANGLESEY.—At daybreak on the 5th of October a steam-tug entered the bay with a flag half-mast high and blowing her whistle. The Life-boat Ashtonian was launched, and was towed by the tug to the wreck of the ship Earl of Chatham, on...
Happy Return
NEWHAVEN.—At 2 P.M. on1 the 24th May, the Michael Henry Life-boat was launched to the aid of launched to the aid of the dandy Happy Return, of Newhaven. The vessel was loaded with chalk, which had been taken from the beach, when she was...
Ethel
Guns having been fired by the Gull lightvegBel, the Life-boat Bradford, and steamtug Vulcan, proceeded out at 11.30 P.M.
on the 8th February, in a high sea, with a strong W.N.W. wind. They proceeded to the N.W. spit of the...
Prudence of Watchet
The schooner Prudence, of Watchet, while attempting to make the port of Burnham too soon on the tide, during a strong wind from W.N.W., and in a heavy sea, on the 21st September, look the ground on the south side of the channel, then dragged...
Thomas Owen
The Palling No. 2 Life-boat, British Workman, was also launched at 9 A.M. on the 14th June, during a strong breeze from the N. and a very heavy sea, signals having been fired by the North Float Light-vessel. The boat made for the Happisburgh...
Hawke and Esther
ILFRACOMBE, DEVONSHIRE.—On the afternoon of the 12th January a message «/ O was received stating that two vessels had been in collision off Bull Point.
The crew of the Life-boat Co-operator No. 2 were promptly...