LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Donald Searle (1)
Seventeen saved from 75ft yacht aground in gale and 20ft breakersTwo Hayling Island lifeboatmen, Roderick James and Frank Dunster, have been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for their part in the rescue of 17 people from a 75ft yacht...
Torridge Warrior (1)
Fishing vessel towed to safety in storm force winds Appledore and Ilfracombe lifeboats were both involved in a service to a fishing vessel near Bideford Bar on 31 March 1994. Coxswain Michael Bowden of Appledore lifeboat was awarded the...
The S.S. Alaska (1)
Nov. 15TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX, AND B E M B R I D G E , I S L E O F W I G H T . A t 4.9 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the S.S. Alaska, of Havre, a steamer of 8,000 tons, was in distress fourteen miles S.E. of the Owers...
A Boat (1)
MARCH 20TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
A boat with a man clinging to it had been reported, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £12..
The S.S Hawkwood (1)
GOLD MEDAL SERVICE AT HARTLEPOOL JANUARY 26TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE. At 6.55 in the morning word came from the coastguard that he had seen rockets from a vessel off Seaton Carew. The life-boat was called out at once...
A Mustang Aeroplane (1)
OCTOBER 18TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 2.15 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a Mustang aeroplane had fallen into the sea about a mile from Chapel St. Leonards in a south-easterly direction. A...
A Steamer (1)
NOVEMBER 4TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
The life-boat went out to help in an attempt to salve a steamer which had been stranded since 1939. On the 20th of October she had gone out for the same purpose. The operaions were again...
A Fighter Aeroplane (1)
MARCH 31ST. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
A fighter aeroplane had fallen into the sea, but only a pair of gloves was picked up and patches of oil seen. - Rewards, £3 16s..
A Vessel (1)
APRIL 16TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 7.35 in the evening a message was received from the Craster coastguard that a vessel had been torpedoed while in convoy, nine miles northeast- by-north of Craster, and had sunk within sight...
H.M.S. Witherington (1)
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.3 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...