LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
I Was Rescued By The Padstow Lifeboat In 1968 [pictured]
I was rescued by the Padstow lifeboat in 1968 [pictured] when I was 20, together with five members of my extended family . - View image in PDF
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The Dutch Fishing Smack Nooit Polmakt
MONTROSE, N.B.—On the 21st July 1879 the Mincing Lane Life-boat rendered some assistance to the Dutch fishing-smack Nooit Polmakt, which had gone too far to the northward while running for the harbour, and had stranded on the Annat Bank...
Provider (2)
APRIL 27TH - 29TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE ; ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE ; PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE ; AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
While the motor fishing vessel Provider was on passage in ballast from Caernarvon to...
Linnet
SEARCH FOR YACHT REPORTED ON FIRE Troon, Ayrshire. At 1.34, early on the morning of the 13th May, 1962, the coastguard told the honorary secretary a message had been received that a yacht was on fire somewhere in the Sound of Bute and said...
Lisa Ray
At 2.11 p.m. on 6th June, 1967, it was learned that the cabin cruiser Lisa Ray had radioed that she had lost her way in dense fog while crossing the Goodwins.
The life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 32) was launched...
A Landing Craft
AUGUST 29TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE, AND PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. A landing craft had been reported in difficulties with her engine broken down, but she anchored, and the life-boats were not needed. - Rewards : Aberystwyth,...
A Vessel (4)
APRIL 15TH. - PORTPATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
A vessel laden with ammunition had a fire on board, but it was got under control and the life-boat was recalled.- Rewards, £3 2s. 6d..
A Dinghy (5)
JULY 2ND. - BLACKPOOL, AND LYTHAM ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A dinghy, thought to belong to a missing Wellington aeroplane, had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards : Blackpool, £8 2s. ; Lytham - St. Annes, £7 6s....
Empire Jonquil
JANUARY 16TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
The motor vessel Empire Jonquil, flying the Dutch flag, had gone ashore, but her captain declined the services of the life-boat. - Rewards, £7 2s..
Slava (1)
MARCH 16TH. - BARRY DOCK , GLAMORGANSHIRE, AND MINEHEAD, SOMERSET. The Yugo-Slav steamer Slava, of Susak, had been torpedoed five and a half miles N.E. of Foreland Point, near Lynmouth, but the survivors were picked up by another vessel. -...