LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Exercises at sea are part of the regular routine of every lifeboat station. On exercise the crew can familiarise themselves with the boat and with her lifesaving equipment, and, as a team, practise manoeuvres which, on service, may have to... - View image in PDF
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Excellent and Catherine
Clovelly, Devon.—On the morning of the 7th of July, 1952, a trawler was seen dragging her anchor until she passed from view, and the Hartland Point coastguard then kept her under observation. As her rate of drag increased and there was no...
Tony
Wells, Norfolk.—At 6.0 on the night of the 30th of January, 1952, the life- boat coxswain received a message that two life-boatmen had fallen overboard from their fishing boat Tony while working on their nets, and at 6.44 the life-boat Cecil...
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Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 5.15 in the morning of the 1st of November, 1948, a vessel was seen to be signalling by searchlight. The coastguard signalled her and she replied with red flares. A south-westerly gale was blowing, with a...
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DECEMBER 9TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. A message was received from Dr. Cruickshank, of Walls, that he had had an urgent call to go to Foula Island. The weather was too rough for the ferry boat to make the passage, and no other vessel was available...
The S.S Torbryan
During a thick fog on the 24th July, the s.s. Torbryan, of Glasgow, stranded on the rocks at Dodds Well, about 1 i miles north of Berwick Harbour, at 1.30 P.M. The life-saving apparatus went to her assistance and stood by in readiness, but...
The S.S. Peruviana
The Life- boat, Ulinor Roget, was launched at 4.30 A.M. on the 9th February, in re- sponse to signals from the s.s. Peruuiana, of West Hartlepool.
On arrival at the vessel, it transpired that the rudder had been damaged,...
An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane Aeroplane
MARCH 2 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. An R.A.F. Hawker Hurricane aeroplane had been reported down in the sea about five miles off Dover, but nothing could be found.
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Aith, Shetlands. At 7.5 on the evening of the 10th of December, 1960,a doctor at Walls telephoned the honorary secretary to say he had received an urgent call from the Island of Foula, and that a patient might have to be...
A Rowing Boat, a Dinghy and the Converted Trawler Alessie
HELICOPTER HELPED At 8.30 a.m. on 3151 August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two men in a rowing boat about three miles offshore from his look-out were waving frantically to attract attention.
There...