LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Norseman, of Montrose
OCTOBER 31ST. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 8.5 at night the Portpatrick coastguard reported a fishing vessel making distress signals off the Isle of Whithorn. A strong southerly breeze was blowing, with heavy rain. The sea was very rough. The motor...
Thirteen 'Out of the Hat'
IT WAS QUIPS AND LAUGHTER all the way when Paul Daniels, comedian and conjuror, drew the winning tickets for the RNLI's ninth national lottery at Poole HQ on Thursday July 31. The draw was supervised by Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Compston, a...
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S.S. Jan Van Goyen
JANUARY 9TH. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 9.30 in the morning, the senior naval officer telephoned that the S.S. Jan Van Goyen, which had lost both anchors and carried away her windlass, had stood out to sea. She was one of...
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At 3.55 p.m. on 23rd May, 1970, it was learnt that a youth had fallen over the cliff three to four miles westof the Anvil Point lighthouse. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 4.10. It was shortly before low water.
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Boys stranded rr WAS AN HOUR before high water on the afternoon of Sunday July 20, 1986, when the honorary secretary of Westonsuper- Mare lifeboat station was contacted by Swansea Coastguard to be told that two boys were trapped by the tide...
Queen
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At about 12.15 P.M., on the 3rd August, the fishing smack Queen, of Douglas, was observed making for the harbour, and in attempting to enter she struck on the bar and stranded opposite the Life-boat House. As a moderate...
S.S. British Dragoon
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 7.18 on the night of the 1st of March, 1951, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board tele- phoned that the S.S. British Dragoon, of London, a tanker of 9,909 tons, was ashore on Taylors Spit in the Queens Channel. At...
Galway Bay - Ireland Division
Galway Bay - Ireland Division Following a number of search and rescue incidents in Galway Bay, the RNLI announced that an Atlantic 21 lifeboat would be allocated to Galway on a year's evaluation.
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Category: Photographs
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Determination saves boy's life The life of a ten year old boy was saved in May thanks to the determination and cooperation of Cullercoats lifeboat crew and lifeguard Chris Heaney - earning them all a Letter of Appreciation from the...
Thames
Length 15.5m (50ft 11 in) Beam 4.62m (15ft2in) Displacement 27.5 and 29 tons Speed 17.5 knots Range 210 n. miles Crew 6 Construction Steel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs