LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Howth, Co. Dublin - At 6.35 p.m. on 30th April, 1966, the Garda informed the motor mechanic that two boys were stranded at the foot of the cliff at Castena Bay. The fire brigade had been unable to reach them. In the absence of the honorary...
The S.S. Pyrope
The Christmas Gales.
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston Life-boat's Four Launches in one Day.
THE gales at the end of October and November were followed by rough weather at the end of December, with heavy...
Vermont, of Halifax
on 20th Oct., saved 16 men from the barque Vermont, of Halifax..
Barbara
At 4.45 P.M. on the 22nd February, the barometer having suddenly dropped to 28 • 2, with a full gale of wind from west, the schooner Barbara, which was lying in Scrabster Roads, made signals of dis- tress. The crew of the Life-boat Co-...
M.F.V. Dumnonia
PORTPATRICK, January 8, 1988: with her propeller fouled by her fishing gear, MFV Dumnonia was drifting on to a lee shore, four miles away in a force 8 gale and in darkness. Portpatrick's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat Douglas Carrie...
The Firm and Triple A.
Short but effective service by D class saves fiveThe RNLFs Chief of Operations has written to the crew of Burry Port's D class inflatable lifeboatcommending the quick, positive thinking by the helmsman, good seamanship and boat handling...
Spreety (1)
Lifeboat and ILB AT 0813 ON WEDNESDAY August 17, 1977, HM Coastguard Aldeburgh requested the launch of Aldeburgh lifeboat to a yacht firing red flares about half a mile east of the lookout. Because of the difficulties of launching at low...
Pippa
REFLOATED YACHT Exmouth, Devon. At 1.25 p.m. on iyth May, 1964, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that a yacht was in a dangerous position on the Pole sands and at 1.40 the life-boat Michael Stephens was launched, taking her boarding...
Anjonika
Broken steering ON SATURDAY April 28, at 0700, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Port St Mary lifeboat station that a fishing vessel, Anjonika, was disabled 13 miles to the south east. She had been on passage, in ballast, from...
The First D Class Ilb to Be Funded from the Stamp Appeal Organised By Barrie Smale 17 Station Road Okehampton Devon Is Stationed at Holyhead She Is Seen Here Wit
The first D class JLB to be funded from the stamp appeal organised by Barrie Smale, 17 Station Road, Okehampton, Devon, is stationed at Holyhead. She is seen here with crew members and shore helpers on the day a commemorative plaque was... - View image in PDF
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