LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Southwold, Suffolk. At 12.30 p.m.
on 5th June, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boy was stranded on a mud bank in the River Blythe by the rising tide. At 12.40 the inshore rescue boat launched in...
Co-operative Funeralcare
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Resurga
At 11.30 A.M.
on the 28th August a barge was observed riding at anchor about a quarter of a mile from the shore between. Orfordness and Aldeburgh. She was labouring heavily, with the sea washing over...
Sunbeam and Bairn's Pride
Arbroath, Angus. On the morning of the 2nd of April, 1960, anxiety was felt for the safety of two fishing boats, Sunbeam and Bairn's Pride, which were lobster fishing off the harbour. It was an hour and a half after high water, there was...
Langness
NOVEMBER 10TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. A gale from the east had been blowing all through November 9th, and on the 10th it rose to hurricane force, with a very heavy sea running and the air thick with spindrift. Many ships had taken...
Chris Clements the Windsurfer National Champion
Chris Clements, the windsurfer national champion, won all three races in an open meeting at Alexandra Yacht Club, Southend, on September 13. Clifton Worry, who organised the event, is also a crew member of Southend lifeboat and with nearly... - View image in PDF
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Torbay: On September 22, 1983, a young man fell 60ft into the sea when rocks crumbled beneath his feet on cliffs at Babbacombe. Two friends pulled the injured man from the sea, raised the alarm and then returned with blankets. Torbay's...
A Vessel (24)
JULY 2ND. - EXMOUTH, AND TORBAY, DEVON. A vessel had been reported on fire six miles S.E by S. of Berry Head, but the Torbay life-boat could find nothing. Next day the life-boats at Exmouth and Torbay were launched to a vessel reported to be...
An Aeroplane (55)
JULY 29TH. - RAMSEY, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN An aeroplane had been reported to Ramsey as having fallen into the sea six miles S.W. of Burrow Head, and the Ramsey life-boat was launched, as the Kirkcudbright life-boat was off service. At Peel...
Lily, of Wexford
On the 20th February last, the Wexford small life-boat put off in reply to signals of distress from the smack Lily, of Wexford, which had struck on the Dogger Bank. It was blowing strong from N.N.E. at the time, with a heavy sea on. On...