LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Atlantic
At 10 P.M. on the 27th October, in reply to signals of distress, the Life-boat Dr. Batton was launched from this station, and proceeded through a heavy sea and fresh breeze at S.E. to the assistance of the barque Atlantic, of Grimstad, which...
Lock Door
At 10.10 P.M. on the 9th March informa- tion was received from the Coastguard that a vessel was ashore at the mouth of the River Bann, which required assist- ance. The Life-boat Hopwood was launched and proceeded to the place indicated, but...
Peru
A small yacht was observed on the West Hoyle Bank soon after midday on the 4th August with a signal flying denoting that they required assistance. The crew were assembled and the Life-boat H. G. Powell launched. There was a moderate W.N.W....
Fishing Boats
On the 16th February nearly all the fishing-boats belonging to the port left the harbour in the morning, the weather being then moderate with the wind from the S., but at 10 A.M. the wind suddenly changed to S.S.E., blowing strongly. At 11...
Giles Lang
FENIT (TRALEE BAY).—On the evening of the 24th April the schooner Giles Lang, of St. Ives, bound from Galway for Cardiff, laden with hay, which had put into Fenit from stress of weather, dragged her anchor and sent up signals of distress;...
Royal Humane Society Award
THE Royal Humane Society has awarded its testimonial on vellum to Mr. Harry Davis of Camborne, who swam out from a cave near St. Ives on the 9th of August, 1958, in order to summon help for a party stranded in the cave. As a result the St....
Category: Awards
New Life-Boat Station at Selsey
The Institution has approved a proposal to build a new life-boat station at Selsey, Sussex, a quarter of a mile nearer the shore than the existing station. Competitive tenders have been invited. The work will involve the construction of a...
Category: Articles
Canoes
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1960, the life-boat Rachel and Mary Evans began escorting the com- petitors in a canoe race from Watch Tower Bay towards Weston-super- Mare. There was a fresh...
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