LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Boat (4)
Boulmer, Northumberland.—16th November, 1938. A fishing boat, which had had trouble with her lines, was late in returning, but she got in unaided.— Rewards, £9 10s..
A Motor Drifter
AUGUST 2ND. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. A motor drifter had been reported to be in need of help, but tugs took her in tow. - Rewards, £46 2s. 6d..
A Firefly Aircraft
St. Ives, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.— At 8.53 on the evening of the 24th of January, 1955, the St. Ives coastguard rang up the St. Ives life-boat station to say that a Firefly aircraft had crashed, and that men had been seen in a rubber...
Liana
YACHT FOUND AND TOWED TO HARBOUR St. Ives, Cornwall. About 9.30 on the evening of the 20th July, 1962, some local fishermen told the honorary secretary that the crew of the yacht Faith II, which had returned to harbour because of bad weather...
Two Boats
Walmer, Kent - At about noon on iyth July, 1966., two small boats were reported apparently broken down near Goodwin Fork buoy. A joint watch was kept on the craft by the honorary secretary and coastguard. The boats were seen to anchor in a...
Midnight Marauder and a Dinghy
Plastic sheeting HM COASTGUARD informed the deputy launching authority of Dover lifeboat station at 0452 on Saturday October 17, 1981, that the Dutch yacht Midnight Marauder, being sailed singlehanded, was in difficulty with a fouled...
A Fishing Vessel
NOVEMBER 21ST. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE. A fishing vessel had been reported in distress, and sank, but hercrew landed in their own boat. Men of the R.A.F. and R.A. helped in getting the lifeboat launched and re-housed. - Rewards,...
Invincible
Appledore, Devon.—During the afternoon of the 29th March the motor barge Invincible, of Appledore, was swamped when between Middle Ridge and Bar Buoy in the Torridge estuary. She carried a crew of three, and was bound for Appledore, laden...
A Cabin Cruiser
FLASHING LIGHT SEEN Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.40 p.m. on 26th September 1965, the coastguard notified the honorary secretary that the coaster Mary Birch had reported at 11.30 a.m. seeing a small flashing light north-west of Blacktail...
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN 2 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 3 NEW COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT MEMBERS 5 LADIES' LIFE-BOAT GUILD 5 R.N.L.I. DELEGATION IN UNITED STATES 6 NEW U.S. STEEL LIFE-BOAT 9 LETTER TO THE EDITOR II AN...
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