LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Past Times (2)
Man overboard The dangers of the sea were tragically demonstrated on 18 March 2006 when David Clear was washed off his yacht, Past Times, off St Aldhelm's Head near Swanage, Dorset. His inexperienced crew member made a Mayday call but...
Newcastle, CO. Down
NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN On the 21st January, 1942, the Newcastle life-boat rescued thirty-nine of the crew of the S.S. Browning, of Liverpool.
COXSWAIN PATRICK MURPHY was awarded the gold medal.
SECOND...
Category: Medals
Cynthia
MAY 22 ND. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
At about midnight on the 21st May a ship was seen amongst the rocks just south of Runswick, and at 1.50 A.M. on the 22nd the motor life-boat Robert Patton - The Always Ready was launched....
Services of the Life-Boats In April, May and June, 1954. 91 Lives Rescued
APRIL DURING April life-boats were launched 26 times and rescued 22 lives.
THREE MEN RESCUED FROM SAILING BOAT Margate, Kent.—At 2.50 on the after- noon of the 1st of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that he had...
Category: Services
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
DUNMORE, EAST, Co. WATERFORD.—It having been reported that a large steamer in distress was anchored off Slade, co. Wexford, during a whole gale from the S.8.W. and a very heavy sea, the Life-boat Henry Dodd was promptly launched at 12,15 P.M...
Category: Services
Marthe Roux
The Life-boat Robert and Susan was called out about 6.30 A.M. on the 25th Feb- ruary, to the assistance of the Barque Marthe Boux, of Havre, which had stranded on some dangerous rocks about three-quarters of a mile to the south of Newbiggin;...
The Pram Dinghy Turtle
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 5th of July, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the Abergele police had reported that a small boat had capsized off Llandulas, and that her crew of two were swim- ming towards Abergele....
Chota
A CAPSIZED YACHT Plymouth, Devon.—At 5.12 in the afternoon of the 24th of May, 1947, the Yealm coastguard reported that a yacht had capsized a quarter of a mile north-east of Mewstone at the mouth of Yealm River, and the motor life-boat...
Renown
CRUISER AND CREW OF SIX TOWED TO SAFETY Boulmer, Northumberland. At two minutes past three on the afternoon of Monday the 8th of July, 1963, the Tynemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down and...
A Speed Boat
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 10.15 on the night of the 1st April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a speed boat with five persons aboard, which had left Rhyl that morning, had not returned. At 10.20 a report was received...