LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Conference on Safety at Sea
THE fourth International Conference on the Safety of Life at Sea was held at Church House, Westminster, from the 17th of May to the 17th of June, 1960. The three earlier conferences had been held in 1913, 1929 and...
Category: Meetings
Inlland Rover
Llandudno, with its hillclimbing trams and snowless ski slope, is something of a wonderland. So it may come as no surprise that the lifeboat station is in a rather unusual place and needs a tractor and Land Rover to tow the lifeboats half a...
Category: Articles
Gunnaren
On the 19th August the 6,000-ton motor vessel Gunnaren, of Gothenburg, bound home from New York, ran ashore east of the lighthouse on Tarf, Swona Island, in a dense fog. She carried a crew of thirty-five and a general cargo. She sent out a...
William Knox
BERWICK - ON - TWEED. — The ketch William Knox, of Kirkcaldy, coal laden, from the Tyne for Bonar Bridge, was seen running for the harbour while a freshbreeze was blowing from S.E. on the 9th February. On entering the river she was caught by...
YLA Section
All inquiries concerning YLA matters should be addressed to: Mr. Alasdair Garrett, Secretary, Yachtsmen's Life-boat Supporters' Association, 29a Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 ITT.
(Tel.: 0722-6966).RALLY...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
Skimmer I
Newcastle, Co. Down.—About 6.20 in the evening, on the 29th of August, 1950, the Kilkeel coastguard tele- phoned that a motor launch had broken down and was anchored two miles south-east of Kilkeel. Her crew were waving a flag. She was in no...
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Category: Advertisement
RESCUE
Our lifeboat crews and lifeguards carry out thousands of rescues every year (see launches on page 36). Here are just some of those caught on camera, and see the list below for more reports:
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Category: Articles
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Minehead, Somerset. At 6.5 on the evening of the 20th of March, 1958, the police told the honorary secretary that a young man had fallen on to the rocky shore about three miles west of Mine- head and was seriously injured. A rescue from...