LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Sodality
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — About 6.0 on the evening of the 17th of March, 1951, the Walton-on-the-Naze coast- guard telephoned that the S.S. Sodality, of London, four and a half miles north east of Barrow Deep, had a sick man on board. She...
A Small Boat
Longhope, Orkneys.—At three o'clock in the morning of the 1st of July, 1949, a message was received by telephone that a man, who had put out from Saltness in a small boat the previous evening to attend to his lobster creels, had not...
Saved By Mouth-To-Mouth Resuscitation
The mechanic of the Hastings life-boat, Mr. J. H. Martin, and Police Sergeant S. Ferguson of Hastings have both received framed letters of thanks signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham-Quin, R.N., for...
Category: Articles
Quick Thinkers:
Quick thinkers: coastguards were able to rescue a man from the sea at Eyemouth thanks to the prompt action of David Clark (10) and his sister Margaret (8). They were on holiday when they saw the man fall from rocks into the sea and raised... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 9.55 P.M. on the llth February, 1939, a telephone message was received that the Goningbeg Light-vessel had signalled a passing steamer that she wanted the life-boat to take ashore a man who was dangerously...
Faith
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire - At 6.24 a.m. on 12th February, 1970, the coastguard reported that a distress signal had been sighted south west of Breaksea point. The life-boat Arthur and Blanche Harris slipped her moorings at 6.50. There was a...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 5.30 on the evening of the 20th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a man had fallen over the cliff at Monkstone beach, and that a doctor who was attending him had asked for the...
The Owers Lightvessel
Selsey, Sussex. At 12.5 on the afternoon of the 30th November, 1961, the honorary secretary received a request from the Superintendent of Trinity House, Cowes, for the life- boat to take off a sick man from the Owers lightvessel as soon as...
The Wireless Transmitting Station Radio Caroline
RADIO CAROLINE CALL Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 11.25 a-mon 27 ch January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that one of the personnel of Radio Caroline, a wireless transmitting station in Ramsey Bay, was suffering from...
Storm Boy
Man overboard DUNGENESS lifeboat's Emergency Mechanic David Tart was fishing at sea on Wednesday, January 13, 1988 when he observed that a crew member had fallen overboard from the fishing vessel Storm Boy, and that the boat's...