MARCH 31ST. - GALWAY BAY. As a matter of grave urgency the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take two of his patients to the mainland for immediate operations. The weather was fine, with a light south-west wind and a...
On the 25th of February the brig Oswy, of Shoreham, being at anchor in a perilous position in the roads off Lowe- stoft, her crew hoisted signals of distress, when a yawl launched and proceeded to her aid, putting 6 hands on board to assist...
Turn to the centre Listings of the Lifeboat magazine and you may be amazed at how often lifeboats launch. Only a tiny proportion of these ever feature in the Lifeboat. Here's a snapshot of the wide range of other lifeboat services...
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Community spirit The residents of the tranquil island of Alderney in the Channel Islands are reknowned for being laid back, but with three lives in danger, the community sprang into actionA 13-year-old girl was knocked off her feet and swept...
ST. AGNES, SCILLT ISLANDS. — The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a new Life-boat establishment at Priglis Bay, St. Agnes, it being considered very desirable to place a second Life-boat on the Scilly Islands. The new boat is...
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COVERACK, CORNWALL.—THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat Station at Coverack, where there is an active body of fisher- men, with a view to rendering assist- ance in case of wrecks on the Manacle Rocks, not far from...
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ON the evening of the 2nd of Apfil a strong south-westerly wind was blowing at Weymouth. The sea was rough; there was a heavy driving rain; there were dense banks of fog. At a quarter past six the coastguard telephoned to the honorary...
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Open fishing boats FLAMBOROUGH COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Bridlington lifeboat station at 0918 on Thursday January 31, 1980, that the coble Renown was in difficulties one mile east of Rolston and some 13 miles south of the...
IN former numbers of this Journal we have had occasion to point out that the use of the means at hand, in case of shipwreck, although of the rudest and simplest form, may by a little ingenuity and presence of mind, often prove of service in...
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At 7 A.M. on the 5th November, during a strong W.S.W. gale and very heavy sea.
signals of distress were seen on board a small schooner which was in a very dangerous position and dragging her anchors. The steam Life-boat...