LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Night escort ANGLE LIFEBOAT, THE 46ft 9in WATSON CLASS, Richard Vernon and Mary Garforth of Leeds, launched on service at2148 on the evening of Saturday May 17, 1986, after a yacht had been reported to be suffering engine problems in gale...

(right) This dramatic shot, a 'grab' from a video, shows the immense seas running as Signature enters Tynemouth Harbour. The pier visible in the photo is on the south side of the entrance, which is directly astern of the... - View image in PDF

HARDY MARINE +44 (0)1692 408700 www.hardymarine.co.uk Buy one, train many Congratulations to all our friends at the RNLI on the delivery of ‘Robert S Ellsmoor’ – their second Hardy Commodore 42 training vessel.

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Burnham-on-Sea’s lifeboats were returning from their regular Wednesday night training session on 18 June when the Coastguard asked their crews to investigate a sailor who looked to be in trouble. The man was having difficulty recovering his...

COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR AND BALTIMORE | 17 JUNE
A solo yachtswoman was in a race from Falmouth to Baltimore when she lost power and steering off the Cork coast in a force 6. Courtmacsherry and Baltimore...

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Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 3.27 on the morning of the 20th of June, 1955,the Walton-on-the-Naze coastguard telephoned that the Galloper light- vessel had reported that a motor yacht two miles north-east of the light- vessel had fired red...

ALONE FROM SALCOMBE TO SKYE Appledore, Devon.—At 10.15 on the night of the 27th of April, 1947, the coastguard reported that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties three miles west-south-west of the Westward Ho look-out.] The motor life-boat...