LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mishandled By the Germans
When the chief inspector visited the two Channel Island stations in June 1945 he found that the Guernsey boat, which had been armed by the Germans with two guns and used as a fishery patrol boat, had been so mishandled that she was unfit for...
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The Torpedo Destroyer Beaver
At 5.40 A.M. on the 21st December, during smooth but foggy weather, a new torpedo destroyer named the Beaver stranded about 1J miles south of Hasborough Lighthouse. The vessel had only re- cently been launched and was on her way to...
Astronaut
MOTOR BOAT OVERDUE Selsey, Sussex. At 6.40 p.m. on 24th January, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a motor boat with three men on board was overdue at Littlehampton. Mr. Andrews, a member of the Inshore Rescue Scheme, had...
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Kart Meyrick was fishing from the end of Porthcawl Pier on 2 February 2002 when a giant wave swept him off the pier and into the sea below. There had been a severe gale blowing for the past 24 hours and enormous waves were completely...
To the Rescue of a London Barge at Walton-on-Naze
THE barges Esterel and Yampa, of London, were on their way from London to Norwich with cargoes of maize on the 4th November, 1939.
When nearly opposite Orfordness they were caught by an easterly gale. Both barges turned...
Category: Services
An Aeroplane
Sheringbam, Norfolk.—On the 27th March, at the request of the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire, the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary put out to search for the Duchess of Bedford who, some days before, had set out on a short trip by...
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Nimrod II
USED PARACHUTE FLARE Plymouth, Devon. At 11.20 p.m. on 3ist July, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man in a cabin cruiser off Renney rocks was flashing a light and calling for help. It was half an hour after flood...
Mowlie Froom Presents a Centenary Tapestry to CoVswain Arthur Harman and Ken Broad Clacton's Honorary Secretary; Jack T'Room Is on the Left In Her Tapestry Mrs
Mo/lie Froom presents a centenary tapestry to Co.vswain Arthur Harman and Ken Broad, Clacton's honorary secretary; Jack t'room is on the left. In her tapestry, Mrs Froom embroidered the names of Clacton's lifeboats and coxswains... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
MUD RESCUE MORECAMBE 18 MAY
A 14-year-old girl was rescued by Morecambe lifeboat crew after being trapped up to her waist in mud for 90 minutes. Morecambe’s inshore rescue hovercraft crew, accompanied by a Coastguard rescue helicopter, headed to the scene, locating the...
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