LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Araiva
At 3.45 P.M. on the 8th March the Signalman reported that two boats were adrift to the east of the Pier, in a very heavy snowstorm. A N.W. gale was blowing, and the sea was rough. Without delay the crew of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 9...
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Clovelly, Devon. — At 4.18 on the afternoon of the 3rd of August, 1952, the Hartland Point coastguard tele- phoned that a boy was reported to be cut off by the tide at Shipload Bay, and at 4:30 the life-boat William Cantrell Ashley was...
Edford
Plymouth, Devon.—On the after- noon of the 24th of June, 1950, an explosion, believed to have been caused by an oil stove, set fire to the yacht Edford, of Dartmouth, oft Blackstone Point. A man and .his wife were on board. The woman...
Entertainment of Gold Medallists and Crews
APART from the inspection of the Life-boats on the Thames and the visit to Fulham, everything was done by the Institution, with much generous help from others, to give the British and foreign Life-boatmen a good time while they were in...
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Fearless
The Life-boat > Co-operator No. 2 was launched at 12.45 P.M. on the 30th December during a S. W.
\ gale to the assistance of the fishing- boat Fearless, which was observed in distress about four miles off Ilfracombe.<...
A Fine Cromer Service
" 'Tis not in mortals to command success," though none deserve it better than a Life-boat crew, battling with the elements for the lives of their fellow- men. It is our pride that in most cases the victory is with the Life-boat...
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Janet
The schooner Janet, of Carnarvon, whilst bound from Yarmouth to Portsmouth, with a cargo of wood, stranded on the 10th January on the Holm Sand. The No. 1 Life- joat Kentwell, in tow of a tug, proceeded to her assistance, but just before she...
A Sailing Boat
Moelfre, Anglesey.—On the 5th of August, 1957, the life-boat Watkin Williams took part in a combined helicopter and life-boat exercise. At the end of the exercise a strong easterly wind sprang up, with a very rough sea, and it was impossible...
Dulcebella
In the fourth case the interval between the two services was rather longer. On 17th April, 1922, the cutter Dulcebella, of Westcliff, with six people on board, ran aground on the Maplin Sands in a strong N.N.E. gale with a heavy...