LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Dinghies Victory and Wanton
Hastings, Sussex. At 3.29 on the afternoon of the 20th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the mechanic that an angling boat Petchick II had been sent to the aid of a small dinghy which was in distress three quarters of a mile...
Leonidas
THE INCIDENTS which led to the launching of Angle lifeboat, the 46' 9" Watson Richard Vernon and Mary Garforth oj Leeds, on Monday, December 6, 1976, built up over several days.
On Saturday, December 4, the Greek...
The S.S. Cormorant, of Kirkwall
On 10th February, at 2.45 in the afternoon, when a whole gale from the S.E.
was blowing with a heavy sea, it was reported at Stromness that the S. S Cormorant, of Kirkwall, was in distress in Eynhallow Sound. The Motor...
Olden Times
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — At 4.15 in the afternoon of the 27th of Decem- ber, 1951, the fishing vessel Dougals, which was in the harbour, reported by wireless that she had picked up a message from the steam trawler Olden Times, of North...
Feature: from Rookie to Rescuer
To become a fully competent lifesaver, crew members need to develop a wide range of skills. The RNLI has developed a Competence Based Training system that helps crew members acquire these skills and maintain them through lifeboat station...
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The Cross-Channel Steamer Dieppe, S.S. Richmere
THEBE were heavy at the end of November, and on the 26th Jes round the coast whole gale was blowing at the time, and the Motor Life-boat and two tugs put out and 27th of that month ten Life-boats to her help. Both tugs got into diffiwere...
Haven Knox-Johnston
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Sea Victor and Prairie Schooner (1)
Exhausted yachtsmen BRONZE MEDAL THE YACHT Sea Victor, built in Germany during the 1930s, had sailed from Exmouth on the morning of Friday May 2, 1986, on passage to Guernsey. By the evening of the following day after a rough crossing the...
The Royal Bank of Scotland
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Acis
Ramsgate, Kent. At 2.34 on the afternoon of the 27th of February, 1960, the east pier watchman told the honor- ary secretary that a small yacht was in difficulties three and a half miles off Dumpton Gap. At 2.45 the life-boat Michael and...