LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Kedah, of Singapore (1)
AUGUST 12TH. - ST. IVES, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. At 10.40 in the morning the St. Ives coastguard reported that a tug, with a steamer in tow, north of St. Ives Head, was making little headway. A fresh westerly gale was blowing, with very heavy...
Thundercat flips
FISTRAL BEACH | 30 MAY
When a powerboat flipped during a ThunderCat race, its rider was briefly knocked out. Her lifejacket kept her afloat until lifeguards arrived and, suspecting a spinal injury,...
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Books
Guides for lifeboat enthusiasts For those who are fascinated by the history of an individual station, who want to trace a relief lifeboat through its travels from station to station, or who just want to check their facts and figures, these...
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Saoirse
St. David's, Pembrokeshire - At 11.50 p.m. on 10th July, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen two miles south west of St.
David's head. The life-boat JosephSoar (Civil...
The Annual Meeting
THE hundred and fifteenth annual meeting of the Governors of the In- stitution was held at the Central Hall, Westminster, at 3 P.M. on Wednesday, 26th April. Over 2,500 people were present.
H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G.,...
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Elmonticillo
St. Mary's, Isles of Scilly.—3rd April.
The Spanish steamer Elmonticillo reported she was in difficulties, but she cleared the islands and went on her way.—Rewards, £5 15s..
A Motor Vessel
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—13th April.
A motor vessel had collided with the beacon on Platte Rock, but must have gone on her way, as she could not be found.—Rewards, £9 Is..
The Fundraisers
Rowing raisers No apologies for featuring RNLI fundraisers the Hythe Hookers again - these ladies are always seen to be up to something intriguing! On New Year's Day they dressed up as cops and robbers and took part in the annual Maldon...
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Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1892
Jan. 2.—Three men s-aved a man who had fallen overboard from the hrigantine Thomas, of Lowestoft, which was lying at anchor oS Lowestoft Harbour.—Reward, 15s.
Jan. 5.—Six men saved four fishermen whose boat hnd been...
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A Dinghy (9)
St. Ives, Cornwall - At 8.28 p.m. on i2th August, 1966, two men, who had left St. Ives for Carbis Bay at 4 o'clock in a rubber dinghy, were reported missing.
The life-boat Edgar, George, Orlando and Eva Child was...