LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Scarcity
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 7.46 in the morning of the 29th of March, 1952, the coastguard telephoned a wireless message from the motor vessel Scarcity, of London, that her rudder was not working. She was ten miles north- east-by-east of...
A Fishing Vessel
Difficult launch A REPORT FROM LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD that a small fishing vessel was in trouble in the Dee estuary was received by Hoylake lifeboat station at 1050 on the morning of Monday March 24, 1986. A north-north-westerly force 8 gale,...
The S.S. Empire Dolphin
St. David's, and Fishguard, Pembroke' shire.—At about 2.30 in the afternoon of February 21st, 1947, the coastguard reported that the S.S. Empire Dolphin, of Glasgow, a tanker of 7,000 tons, with six men on board, was drifting out of...
Quest
— The fish- ing boats were out on the 7th July, and by noon bad weather had set in. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The coxswain was told by fishermen coming ashore that the local coble Quest was still at sea and in a...
Cromer, Gorleston and Scarborough Memorials
LORD TEMPLEWOOD, president of the Cromer branch of the Institution, un- veiled a tablet in the No. 1 life-boat- house at Cromer on the l()th of August, 1955, and formally opened a shelter in which a tablet is inscribed: "To honour the...
Category: Articles
La Violette
The motor life- boat William and Clara Ryland was launched at 8.25 P.M. on the 19th March, as the coastguard had reported that a vessel was burning flares in West Bay, about five miles W.N.W. of Port- land Bill. A light south wind was...
Members of the Spalding Sub-Aqua Club Took Part In An Underwater Sponsored 'Fin' Along the 2 Lh Mile Coronation Channel—A Flood Relief Channel In Spalding the 'Fin' Was Swum In Darkness St
Members of the Spalding Sub-Aqua Club took part in an underwater sponsored 'fin' along the 2 lh mile Coronation Channel—a flood relief channel in Spalding. The 'fin' was swum in darkness, starting at 7pm, and over £100... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Clovelly, Devon - At 8.35 p.m. on 23rd November, 1968, the deck watch of life-boat 70-007 informed the staff coxswain that cries for help were coming from the beach to the east of Clovelly. The searchlight was switched on and the IRB carried...
Tarascon
Salcombe, Devonshire.— The motor trawler Tarascon, of Boulogne, ran on to the rocks in Steeple Cove at about 10 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1938. Her wireless was put out of order when she struck, and she had no rockets. There was a very heavy...
Cornish Rose
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT THE MUMBLES JANUARY 20TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. Just beforeseven o’clock in the morning signals of distress in Swansea Bay could be seen from The Mumbles, and the motor life-boat Edward Prince of Wales was...