LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rapparee
Courtmacsherry, Co. Cork - At 8.40 p.m. on 2ist June, 1967, it was learned that the motor launch Rapparee had developed engine trouble and could not be contacted. The life-boat Sir Arthur Rose slipped her moorings at 8.50 in a fresh breeze...
Ocea (1)
Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties just north of...
A Boat
The Life- boat Henry, stationed at this place, per- formed her first errand of mercy on the 28th June. It appears that a boat for the use of the packet agent there had been brought over in tow of the Ilfra- combe steamer, and was cast off,...
Carrying on Though Crippled
IT is not only the crews of the Life- boats who carry on in spite of injury.
There have recently been two cases, which deserve to be recorded, of ladies continuing their work for financial Branches after serious...
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Make lifesaving cupcakes!
Everyone loves a cupcake, and selling a tasty treat in aid of the RNLI has always been a popular way of raising funds. We asked TV chefs The Hairy Bikers for a recipe that isn’t too stodgy (we all need room for a mince pie or...
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Buxey
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. — At 2.59 in the afternoon, on the 23rd of March, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that H.M. Customs at Brightlingsea had reported a yacht apparently in diffi- culties and dragging her anchor off Colne Point. At 3.0 the...
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat. Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate transportation to the...
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Viscount
MOTOR VESSEL REFLOATS ON FLOOD TIDE Cromer, Norfolk. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 24th November, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor vessel was thought to be aground between Mundesley and...
The S.S. President
At 1.5 A.M. on the 6th December a message was received, stating that a steamer was ashore at Druridge Bay. The crew of the Life-boat Mary Andrew were at once called, the Life-boat was launched at 1.30 A.M. and proceeded to the vessel, which...
Northness
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 7.15 in the morning of the 27th of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore a mile west of Rue Point, and a few minutes later she was reported to be blowing S.O.S. on her whistle. The motor...