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HILBRE ISLAND, CHESHIRE —It having been reported that some of the boats engaged in cockle-fishing were in a dangerous position on the West Hoyle bank on the 2nd May, the Life-boat Admiral Briggs was launched at 4.25 P.M., and in two trips...
Mary Kate
AUGUST 12TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 6.5 in the evening the coast life-saving service man at Curracloe telephoned that a fishing boat was flying a signal south of Blackwater Head. A fresh south-westerly wind was blowing, with a...
Flying Lessons
Following the announcement in the winter issue of The Lifeboat, the RNLI has started testing a 7.6m (25ft) hovercraft to assess its potential as a new rescue vehicle. The six-sealer craft is being tested in Poole harbour over a variety of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Francis
In response to a message, received through the Coast- guard, stating that a shipwrecked crew were taking refuge on the Long Sand Light-vessel, the No. 2 Life-boat Civil Service No. 1 was launched at 6.55 P.M.
on the 22nd...
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Category: Advertisement
Constance
OCTOBER 17TH. - HOYLAKE , CHESHIRE. During the evening the lifeboat telephone messenger saw flares in the Hilbre Swash, bearing approximately 300° from the life-boat house, and reported them to the coastguard. Then, at 7.32 P.M., the...
Susilla (1)
High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
A Rowing Boat
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. — About 12.45 on the afternoon of the 23rd of July, 1952, the Clacton coastguard saw a man in difficulties in the sea.
He was one of a party of four men in a rowing boat. An oar had been lost...
Shoreline Section
BY the first week in February, we passed the 1,000th registration of members subscribing direct to Life-boat House, and since the Shoreline Scheme was started on 31st October, 1972, we have received over £12,000 from subscriptions and...
Category: Articles
Chalciope
BEAUNTON.—The Life-boat Robert and Catherine was launched at 8.30 P.M. on the 7th December, during a W.S.W. gale and a heavy broken sea, to the assistance of the brigantine Chalciope, of Fleetwood, bound from Corunna for Cardiff with pitwood...