LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
River Thames
WALMER.—Guns were heard in the direction of the Middle Light Vessel during hazy weather at about 10.15 a.m.
on the 29th June, and shortly afterwards a barque was discerned stranded close to the Light Vessel. The Life-boat...
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a Life-boat man's lifebelt are— 1. Sufficient extra bouyanoy, 22 Ibs., to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support another person besides...
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Helene Lohden and Restitution
Shortly before 1 A.M. on the 23th January the Coast- guard reported that signals of distress had been fired by the St. Nicholas Light-vessel. As quickly as possible the crew of the No 1. Life-boat Mark Lane were assembled, and the Life-boat,...
Rensche
On the morning of the 14th October the coxswain was informed by the Chief Officer of Coastguard that a message had been received by telephone from Thornham, stating that the services of the Lifeboat were required by a vessel in distress off...
A Grateful German Skipper
IN The Lifeboat for March, 1923, appeared an account of the wreck of the Adolf Vinnen, a German five-masted sailing ship, which ran ashore near The Lizard on 9th February of that year, and of thegallant attemptstojcescue her crew made by the...
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Chrysolite
During hazy weather on the 17th October, at about 1.30 A.M. the Coxswain, George Taylor, received a message by telephone from the Amble Coast Guard Station, reporting that signals were being fired from Coquet Island for the Life-boat, as a...
Phaedra
PwIIheli, Caernarvonshire.—On the afternoon of the 25th of August, 1948, a south-west gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and at 4.10 the Abersoch coastguard asked the life-boat to search for a sailing boat which had been seen off...
Windsor Rose
Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 7.30 on the evening of the 23rd of September, 1957, the Cromer coastguard reported that the local fishing boat Windsor Rose was making for Sheringham in very bad weather. At 7.42 the life-boat Foresters Centenary was...
Costeiro Terceiro
CLOSE TO SANDS At 10.13 P-m- on 29tn December, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the South Goodwin lightvessel had reported that a vessel needed help because she was driving towards the Goodwin sands. Later the coastguard...
Cleave Petrel
Appledore, Devon. At 3.30 p.m. on 18th April, 1965, the coxswain was informed by the Clovelly second coxswain that the cabin cruiser Cleave Petrel of Bideford, sheltering in Lundy Roads, would try and cross the bar on the next tide. There...