LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thomas Mason
HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. — The schooner Thomas Mason, of Beaumaris, stranded on the West Hoyle bank in a W.N.W. wind, misty weather, and a choppy sea on the 14th October. At 8.30 A.M. the Life-boat proceeded to her, and remained by her until high...
A Kayak
LIFE-BOATMEN'S SONS DROWNED Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 10.20 p.m.
on Wednesday the 10th of July, 1963, the coxswain was told thattwo boys had been reported missing in akayak. He informed the honorary secretary and it...
A Canoe (2)
Humber, Yorkshire. At 1.42 on the afternoon of the 15th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a canoe had cap- sized two miles south-west of Spurn Point. At 3.50 the life-boat City of Bradford III was...
Keeping Watch
Portsmouth lifeboat volunteers Peter Slidel and Tina Parkinson were going about their daily lives on 27 February when a drama started to unfold before them.
Peter says: ‘I was enjoying a coffee at Tina’s burger van when I...
Category: Articles
Vellums Awarded to Three Men
AT Porthclais harbour in Pembroke- shire about 3.30 on the afternoon of Friday the 19th of July, 1963, Mr. B. J.
Williams heard a woman shouting that a man had fallen over the cliff. With the help of a friend, Mr. T. J....
Category: Awards
Violet Sinclair
TRIPLE TROUBLE Barmouth, Merionethshire. At 4.13 p.m. on 20th June, 1965, the coastguard told the coxswain that they had observed red flares coming from a fishing boat about two-and-a-half miles out. At 4.25 the life-boat, The Chieftain was...
Fanfare
DISMASTED YACHT Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 10.20 p.m. on 7th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dismasted yacht with rigging fouling her propeller needed help one mile and a quarter south of West Princessa...
A Canoe
Walmer, Kent. At 6.17 on the evening of the 13th June, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a Royal Marine conoeist had capsized off Deal.
There was a moderate north-north- westerly wind with a choppy sea...
The S.S. Voltaic
NEW BRIGHTON.—The steam Life-boat Queen left her moorings at 6.50 P.M. on the 2nd January, while a whole gale was blowing from N.W., with squalls and a very heavy sea, in response to signals of distress which had been shown in the direction...
Le Cygne
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 5.48 in the evening of the 6th of September, 1949, the East pier shore attendant tele- phoned that a yacht was on the Brake Sands and the life-boat Mary Scott, on. temporary duty at the station, left her moorings at 5.51...