LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ambassador and Ashlowe
SWANSEA.—The Life-boat Wolverhampton was launched at 2.15 P.M. on the 23rd January, in answer to a signal of distress from the barque Ambassador, of Aberdeen, bound from Cardiff to Bio with a cargo of coal, which bad been in collision with...
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People and Places
C ratty Draw Members of the Craft Club drew the winning tickets of the RNLI's 57th National Lottery at Headquarters on 30 April.
The Club ('Can't Remember A Flipping Thing') was founded by Jim Marsham and...
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Margaret and Helen
On the evening of the 15th November the whole of the local fishing fleet, excepting the Mar- garet and Helen, had returned from the fishing grounds on account of bad weather. A moderate S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. About 5.30 P...
Felicity and Victory
— The Motor Life-boat Stanhope Smart, which had gone to the Station in June, was called out, in a moderate southerly gale with a rough sea, and rain, at 11.40 A.M.
on the 3rd November, as the fishing boats Felicity and...
Marion and Coastal Star
Scarborough, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 27th of October, 1960, a strong easterly wind was blowing and there was a rough sea. The tide was ebbing. As conditions at the harbour entrance were becoming worse and two local fishing...
Fishing Vessels and Express
FISHING VESSEL STRIKES PIER IN NEAR GALE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 1st November, 1962, the harbour master informed the honorary secretary that several fishing vessels were at sea in deteriorating weather. At 3.0...
Halcyon and El Alamein
Stromness, Orkney.—At 7.42 on the evening of the 16th of July, 1056, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the fishing- boat Halcyon, of Wick, had gone ashore on Black Craig Rock in Hoy Sound. At 7.55 the life-boat Archibald and Alexander...
Yachts and a Sailboard
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
People and Places
RNLI lottery 'You need hands' was the watchword on the day Max Bygraves drew the winning tickets for the 34th national lottery on July 31, 1986. Mr Bygraves, who was appearing in a summer show at the Poole Arts Centre, kept the...
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