LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kengis
Workington, Cumberland.—On the 1st of June, 1955, the motor vessel Kengis, of Stockholm, which had anchored off the entrance to the harbour, wirelessed for a doctor to attend a sick man.
At 2.15 in the afternoon the...
Acorn
Fowey, Cornwall.—At 7.5 on the even- ing of.the 3rd of July, 1954, the Polruan coastguard telephoned that the local motor launch Acorn, which had a crew of four, had broken down off Blackbottle Head and was drifting towards a lee shore. At 7...
New Lifeguard Towers Being Installed This Summer (pictured)
For the RNLI, going ‘green’ is not about fl aunting ecoworthiness.
There are sound economic and common-sense principles behind the trial of the PowerEd, a combination mini wind turbine, solar panel and weather sensor... - View image in PDF
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Capella
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 10.20 on the night of the 4th of March, 1949, the coastguard asked that the life-boat crew should stand by as a vessel appeared to be in distress to the north of Ramsey.
At 10.50 they reported that...
Jean
Newbiggin, Northumberland. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 22nd of November, 1957, it was reported that all the local fishing boats with the exception of the Jean had landed. As conditions were becoming worse, the life-boat...
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1905
Jan. 12.—Three men saved, with moderate risk to themselves, the crew of four men from the fishing - bait Grace Veale, of St. Ives, which capsized in a moderate gale and heavy sea off St. Ives on the 5th December, 1904.— Reward, II....
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The S.S. Fort Massac, of London
FEBRUARY 1ST - 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. About 6.40 in the evening the coastguard reported an SOS from a vessel which was sinking about two miles north-west of the Sunk Lightvessel.
The motor life-boat E.M.E.D. was...
Lifeboat Services March April and May 1983
Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: May 31 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic21: March 10 and April 10 Aberystwyth, Dyfed D class inflatable: April 20, May 14,15 (three times) and 17 Aith, Shetland 52ft Barnett: May 18 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft din Rother...
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The Boulmer Women
THE thirty-five women launchers of Boulmer were represented at the Annual Meeting by Miss N. Stephenson, the daughter of the Coxswain, and Mrs. B.
Stanton, the wife of the Second Coxswain. During their stay in London they...
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Contents
Notes of the Quarter, by the editor 183 Lifeboat Services ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 185 Naming Ceremony: Fleetwood ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 191 Volume XLIV T . n _ D . , _ . , n . In All Respects Ready for Sea, by Joan Davies ....
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