LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John Ewing
CARDIGAN.—While a strong N.W.
gale was blowing with heavy seas on the evening of the 24th March, the signalman fired the alarm signal indicating a vessel in distress in Cardigan Bay. The Lifeboat Lizzie and Charles Leigh...
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Couple rescued from foot of cliffs Redcar lifeboat helmsman Peter Hodge has been awarded a Bronze Medal for the outstanding rescue of two walkers and a dog cut off by the tide on 19 January. The couple and dog were trapped atthe foot of high...
Yla Section
MEMBER MAKES SAVE MEMBER No. 4992-F, Mr. P. V. Wright, Newtownards, Co. Down, in his 28 ft converted ship's boat Wavechaser effected a dramatic rescue of three people in a stiff wind and heavy sea in Strangford Lough on 15th July. We...
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Lady Carter, of Liverpool
On the 30th December the Tynemouth No. 1 life-boat, the Constance, went off, through a tremendous sea, in consequence of distress signals being shown from a large vessel, which proved to be the ship Lady Carter, of Liverpool. The wind was...
A Rowing Dinghy
Walton and Frinton, Essex.— About 12.30 in the afternoon, on the 2nd of September, 1950, the Walton-on-the- Naze Coastguard telephoned that the crew of a rowing dinghy seemed to be in difficulties and drifting out to...
Bluemaster
Dungeness, Kent. At 10.10 on the night of the 13th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the motor vessel Bluemaster, .and that her master wanted to land...
Old And New Generation Lifeboats, Boathouses – And Crew
21st century stations The RNLI’s Shoreworks team is continuing to update lifeboat stations around the UK and RoI, thanks to your support.
In Hoylake, Merseyside, a £2M appeal has been launched to raise funds for a new...
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My Susanne
FISHING BOAT SAVED FROM ROCKY GRAVE At 4.12 a.m. on 24th January, 1972, the Flamborough coastguard told Mr. Arthur Dick, the honorary secretary, Bridllngton, that the m.f.v. My Susanne was sending out radio messages requesting life-boat...
Northumbrian Coast and the Egyptian Prince
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 4th of March, 1953, the coastguard reported that two vessels had been in collision near Lower Hope Buoy and that one was beginning to sink. The life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No...
Jo-Anne (1)
Set against a buoy HM COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, lifeboat station at 2251 on Friday, July 16, that cries for help heard coming from the vicinity of Sconce Buoy, near Fort Victoria, had been...