LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M. Minesweeper Grenadier
JULY 31ST. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL. At 5.45 in the afternoon a message was received from the coastguard that a minesweeper was approaching, and needed a doctor for a case of suspected appendicitis. A light northeast wind was blowing, and the...
Life-Boatman Wades 150 Yards Through Surf
At 10.23 on the morning of the 13th of July, 1952, the Margate coastguard reported that a small yacht was ashore on Margate sands about three miles north of the harbour. She had a heavy list and seas were breaking over her. The life-boat...
Category: Services
Book Reviews
• Medical Aid at Accidents, by Roger Snook, MD (Update Publications, £5.75) is probably the only comprehensive book on the subject and covers all types of incident from under water to mountain top, though naturally the accent is on road...
Category: Articles
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN ISO NOTES OF THE QUARTER 151 TENTH INTERNATIONAL LIFE-BOAT CONFERENCE 155 NAMING CEREMONIES - CROMER, GORLESTON AND NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SEA . . 157 PRESIDENT'S 25™ ANNIVERSARY .. .. ...
Category: Contents
An Aeroplane (12)
APRIL 7TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported in distress and a white flare seen, but while searching the life-boat was recalled by the naval authorities. - Rewards, £8 18s..
A Rowing Boat (12)
SEPTEMBER 9TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. A rowing boat had been reported drifting out to sea, but it was carried back by the tide. - Rewards, £5 11s..
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MEN DIVED FOR BOY AT about 7.30 p.m. on 14th March, 1971, Mr.
John Hodder, a member of the Lyme Regis, Dorset, ILB crew, was working on the Cobb when he heard cries for help. As the ILB was off service for the winter months...
Ontario, of Liverpool
On Sunday, the 16th October, the steam-ship Ontario, of Liverpool, struck on the Hasborough Sand, on the Norfolk eoa,st, during a strong breeze from the W.N.W. The Caister life-boat went off to her assistance ; but her services were declined...
Coxswain Thomas H. Nicholas, Sennen Cove
Coxswain Thomas H Nicholas Sennen Cove. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Gold
Sheringham and Wells, Norfolk.—At 6.20 on the evening of the 8th of December, 1954, a hotel porter told the Sheringham life-boat station that he had seen red rockets off Weybourne.
Four minutes later the Cromer coast- guard...