LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Launch D.421049
NOVEMBER 26TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
At 5.5 in the afternoon the coastguard asked for the life-boat to go out and escort in the naval harbour launch. A westsouth- west wind was blowing, with a heavy swell on the harbour bar....
Silver City
During a whole S. W.
gale on the 6th December information j was received that a vessel coming up the j roads was flying signals for assistance.
The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat, Civil Ser- vice No. 1, were...
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Two boys, in search of driftwood, crossed a ridge of rocks between the mainland and Scottle Holm, about two miles to the North of Lerwick, on 7th November, and were cut off by the rising tide. Their where- abouts was discovered about nine at...
Royal Visit:
Royal visit: The Duchess of Kent paid a visit to Wells lifeboat station on October 4 and was shown over the station's two lifeboats by Coxswain David Cox BEM (1) who holds both silver and bronze bravery medals and who has been coxswain... - View image in PDF
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Search for swimmer FOR WHITBY'S 1983 lifeboat day, Saturday August 6, the weather was fine and clear with little wind and calm water.
Just before 1500 the lifeboat crew were assembling aboard the 44ft Waveney relief...
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...
Aberdovey's Lifeboat Named
Aberdovey's lifeboat named Aberdovey's Atlantic 75 lifeboat was officially named on Saturday, 16 October at the lifeboat station. The new lifeboat has been generously funded by an appeal to the people of Sandwell in the West Midlands... - View image in PDF
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The Mersey Class Lifeboat Exhibited at This Year's London Boat Show Frank and Lena Clifford
The Mersey class lifeboat exhibited at this year's London Boat Show, Frank and Lena Clifford of Stourbridge, is an example of a lifeboat substantially funded by one legacy - which provides the opportunity for the lifeboat's name to... - View image in PDF
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Dangerously dehydrated On 25 April 2006, three lifeboats worked together to save a 14m yacht and her crew sinking off Ardlamont Point, Loch Fyne.
Launching at I.OSpmTighnabruaich's B class Alec and Maimie Preston was...