LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Quinquereme
ANCHOR TROUBLE Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 12.50 p.m.
on 3rd May, 1964, the yacht Quinquereme, which had a crew of four, ran aground on the Layan sands. She refloated on the rising tide, but appeared to be in need of help, so...
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The Voorwaarts
NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 3rd January the coastguards reported that a three-masted steamer was at anchor, S.W. of Trevose Lighthouse, flying the Italian ensign half-mast high.
The Life-boat Willie Eogers was...
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SICK BOY TAKEN OFF ISLAND Donaghadee, Co. Down. At 9.45 on the evening of the 20th April, 1963, the life-boat motor mechanic informed the coastguard that he could see a fire on Copeland Island, where he knew about eight people were spending...
King Ja Ja
About 6 o'clock on the morning of the 13th October, whilst a strong northerly gale was blowing, a steamer which proved to be the King Ja Ja, of Swansea, bound from Newcastle to Methil, with a cargo of steam rails, was sighted in a...
A Sailboard
Windsurfer saved in broken seas and 8ft surf A service carried out by Bridlington's D class inflatable lifeboat in very heavy seas has earned the helmsman, Andrew Brompton, a framed letter of thanks from the chairman of the RNLI, and...
Antwerp Maritime Exhibition and Life-Saving Congress
AN International Maritime and Colonial Exhibition has been held at Antwerp this year, from April to October, on the occasion of the Centenary Celebrations of the Declaration of Belgian Independ- ence. Great Britain was one of the principal...
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A Tiger Moth Aeroplane
THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Rye Harbour lifeboat station, Humphrey Lestocq, was at the first floor window of his home on the afternoon of Friday August 27, 1982, watching the flight of a red Tiger Moth fitted with floats, a familiar sight in...
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Swanage, Dorset - At 7.53 p.m. on 16th May, 1970, the coastguard told the assistant honorary secretary that a girl was injured on the cliff half a mile west of Anvil point. The lifeboat R.L.P. was launched at 8.5. It was three hours after...
Witte-Zee
SINKING DUTCH TUG After the earlier service to the motor vessel Brother George on 23rd February, a decision was made to stand by the vessel while attempts were made to refloat her on the flood tide. There was a strong southerly breeze with a...