LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Buckie, Banffshire. At 1.55 on the afternoon of the 13th of January, 1959,a message was received from the coast- guard that an aircraft had crashed three quarters of a mile north of Scaur Nose Head. At 2.5 the life-boat Glencoe, Glasgow was...

Dungeness, Kent. At 8.56 on the evening of the 2nd of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing red flares one mile south-south-west of the coastguard look-out at Lydd. At nine o'clock the...

Wick, Caithness-shire. At 4.15 on the morning of the 4th of September, 1960, a telephone message was received from the owners of the coaster Ashdene that she needed help some sixteen miles south-south-east of Wick. There was a moderate north...

APRIL 22ND. - HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.

At 5.30 A.M. the coastguard reported that the S.S. Mayflower, of Liverpool, loaded with stone, on passage from Penmaenmawr, North Wales, to Liverpool, had gone aground on East Hoyle Bank at...

NOVEMBER 15TH. - MARGATE, KENT.

Early in the afternoon the crew had assembled at the boathouse during an air raid alert. The weather was clear, the sea smooth. and a southerly wind was blowing.

A tug was...

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. . Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view....

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....

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