LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Caledonia
At 3.45 A.M.
on the 13th April the Coxswain of the Life-boat was called by the Coastguard, who stated that they thought a vessel was ashore. The Coxswain at once pro- ceeded to the beach, but he was unable to distinguish...
La Morlaye
Rescue in the surf SILVER MEDAL A CALL CAME THROUGH to Tyne Tees Coastguard at 0101 on the morning of Saturday April 15, 1986, that a disabled fishing vessel, the 60ft La Morlaye, with three men on board, was in danger of going aground just...
Loss of Thurso Life-Boat and Boathouse
ON the morning of Monday, the 10th of December, 1956, the Thurso life- boat, Dunnet Head (Civil Service No.
31) and the life-boathouse were totally destroyed by fire. The fire was first noticed shortly after seven...
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Atlas
SEATON CAREW, Co. DURHAM.—On the llth March, at about 8.30 P.M., during a violent gale from the N.E., accompanied by thick snow-showers and a very heavy sea, signals of distress were exhibited from the Long Scar Books off this...
Supertramp
Three saved from grounded yacht in rojjgh conditions The three crew members aboard St Bees' Atlantic earned a letter of thanks from Michael Vlasto the RNLI's Chief .of Operations following a difficult service to the yacht Supenramp...
United States Life-Saving Service
AT the close of the fiscal year ended the 30th June, 1901, the Life-saving Estab- lishment of the United States embraced 270 stations, an increase of 1 as com- pared with the previous year. Of this total (270) 195 were situated on the...
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Hazardous rescue on single engineThe RNLI's chief of operations has written to the Newhaven lifeboat station congratulating Second Coxswain Paddy Boyle for his skilful boathandling when he rescued a person from the water on 29 October...
Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
LIFE-BOAT TRANSPORTING-CARRIAGE AS ADOPTED BY THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION.
THE carriage consists of a fore and main ' body. The latter is formed of a keelway i and of side or bilgeways attached to the j...
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Alroy
At 5.45 A.M. on the 4th September the Coast- guard received a telephonic message from the Gunfleet Light-house, stating that a schooner was on the sands.
Without delay the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 proceeded under...
Francis
In response to a message, received through the Coast- guard, stating that a shipwrecked crew were taking refuge on the Long Sand Light-vessel, the No. 2 Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 was launched at 6.55 P.M.
on the 22nd...