LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
One day, two calls
26 April: New Brighton Having already towed 11 fishermen ashore after they suffered propeller problems, New Brighton lifeboat crew launched in search of five sailors in trouble aboard a yacht. They found it in...
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JANUARY 31ST. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the morning, a man who had arrived from Llandudno on the previous day fell over the cliffs near Pen Trwyn. A moderate southerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. It was too rough for a...
Etleena, of London
JANUARY 19TH. -SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.30 in the morning the naval control reported a vessel in need of help one mile south of the Medway Gate. A strong north-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea and snow squalls. The motor...
The S.S. Mohegan
PORTHOUSTOCK, CORNWALL. —• A disaslrous shipwreck occurred on the Manacle rocks, near the Lizard, on thenight of the 14th October, involving the lamentable loss of 106 lives. The s.s.
Mohegan, of Hull, a large four-masted...
The S.S. Ayrshire Coast, of Liverpool (2)
NOVEMBER 24TH. - TORBAY, AND SALCOMBE, DEVON, AND WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
A heavy south-westerly gale was blowing. The seas were very heavy. Visibility was poor. At 5.35 in the morning information came to the Torbay life-boat...
Antiques Aid RNLI
Antiques Aid R.N.L.I.
Young supporters of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution staged their first antique auction at Caxton Hall on 10th July, 1972, and raised about £730. So encouraged were the Central London...
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Your shout
I just felt I had to put pen to paper after reading the recent article on Storm Force membership for children. It referred to the young man who won a competition 20 years ago by creating Stormy Stan the lifeboatman – well, I happen to be...
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