LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Fowey, Cornwall.—At 11.20 on the morning of the 21st of August, 1955, the Polruan coastguard rang up to say that a sailing dinghy had capsized three-quarters of a mile south-west of Blackbottle. At 11.35 the life-boat Deneys Reitz put out...

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JANUARY 5TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 12.50 A.M. news was received through the coastguard that an S.O.S. had been sent out by the Union Castle Line steamer Rothesay Castle. She was a vessel of over 7,000 tons and bound from New York to...

Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 5.55 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1953, the Civic Guard reported that three boys were adrift on a raft off Arklow beach, and that a man had swum to them, but had returned to the shore for help. At 6.7 the life...

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When Angle crew members were jolted awake by the beeping of pagers at 2am, they faced a race against time to rescue the crew of a sinking fishing boat.

Waking to a direct page from the Coastguard on that chilly morning on...

To save lives at sea our brave crews have to be well-trained and well-equipped.

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(See Diagrams on next page.} The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat. Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...