LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Matam II
French yachtsmen saved SECOND COXSWAIN Peter Bisson was in command when St Peter Port's 52ft Arun class lifeboat, Sir William Arnold, slipped her moorings at 0950 on the morning of Sunday August 11, 1985. A report had been received from...
Moby Dick
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 6.55 on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1955, the Walney Island coastguard rang up to say that he had received a message by radio telephone from the Barrow pilot boat. The pilot boat had found the 24-feet sailing yacht...
Lorna Doone
Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 10.55 on the morning of the 12th of August, 1956, the motor mechanic saw a small craft in difficulties about one mile east of Mumbles Head. The life-boat Wil- liam Gammon—Manchester and District XXX was launched...
Commander
About 1.20 P.M. on the 29th July the Coxswain received a message from the Coastguard at Tor- quay that a motor boat was in distress off Ivy Cove. A very strong squally wind was blowing from the W.S.W., with a rough sea. The Motor Life-boat...
United States Life-Boats
IN the June, 1964, number of THE LIFE-BOAT it was stated that a delegation from the United States Coast Guard which visited Europe in 1928 had decided that the Watson cabin life-boat of the R.N.L.I. was the most suitable for their purposes...
Category: Articles
A Shrimp Boat
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—21st May, 1938. A disabled shrimp boat had been driven into the breakers, but her crew of two were rescued from the shore by the coastguard rocket lifesaving appliances.—Rewards,...
Letters
A voluntary service In NEWS POINT on page 41 of your autumn 1986 issue, you state that a majority of those questioned in a recent public opinion survey, believe that the Government should fund the lifeboat service, if not entirely, at least...
Category: Correspondence
Henning
On the 6th April, at 4.30 A.M., during a moderate N.E. wind, signal guns were fired from the Gull Lightship. The Lifeboat Bradford proceeded under sail to the North Sand Head and found a barque ashore on the North-east part of the...
Past and Present
40 years ago From THE LIFEBOAT of 1953 In an issue which reports the capsize of a modern fast lifeboat it is interesting to read the remarks of the then Chief Inspector of Lifeboats onthesubjectofself-righting and the design of lifeboats...
Category: Articles
Two Sabre Aeroplanes
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 3.32 in the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that two Sabre aeroplanes of the R.C.A.F.
had collided near the Wainfleet bomb- ing range and that a parachute had been...