LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Cabin Cruiser
ILB DAMAGED BY CASUALTY A MESSAGE was received at 7.05 p.m. on 3rd October, 1971, at Mumbles, Glamorganshire, that a man was probably marooned in a boat in Mumbles Bay. While investigating this report, the Coastguard sighted red flares 13...
A Schooner
APRIL 1ST. - FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE.
A schooner had been re- Pembery Sands, but no trace of any vessel ported in a dangerous position near the in need of help could be found.-Rewards, £l2 10s. 6d..
A Launch
NOVEMBER 22ND. - FALMOUTH CORNWALL.
A launch from a motor vessel had been reported adrift, but she was picked up by an American landing craft. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
Failsafe Part 1- Capsizing and Righting By James Paffett Rcnc Ceng Frina Honfni Frsa Chairman of the Technical Consultative Committee
ON APRIL 10, 1983, Salcombe's 47ft Watson lifeboat The Baltic Exchange, searching for missing divers at the southern end of Start Bay, was hit by mountainous seas in a force 11 storm.
The first of two tremendous seas, a...
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A Yacht (1)
Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...
A Yacht
Porthdlnllaen, Caernarvonshire. — At six o'clock on the evening of the 27th of May, 1956, the coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties off Caernarvon bar. The life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched at 6.35 at low water....
A Tanker
FEBRUARY 3RD. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
A tanker had been attacked by German aircraft about seven miles off Arbroath, but she could not be found. - Rewards, £7 10s. 6d..
Past and Present
50 years ago From THE LIFEBOAT of November 1918 The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Early this year the late Duke of Northumberland, the then President of the Institution, placed at its disposal the sum of £100, to...
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A Coaster
MARCH 30TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
Heavy explosions had been heard and a coaster seen to be sinking, but her crew was rescued by a trawler. - Rewards, £34 3s. 6d.
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1865
A FOREIGNER, looking at the Wreck Chart of the British Isles, might not unnaturally conceive that a very large proportion of the ships that pass to and from our ports every year were wrecked on our shores. When, however, he came to be...
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