LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Centenaries of Three Life-Boat Stations
THREE life-boat stations, those at Camp- beltown, Llandudno and Selsey, all celebrated this year the hundredth anni- versary of their foundation.
The Campbeltown station was founded in the first instance largely be- cause...
Category: Articles
Crew Thrown Out of IRB
Two brothers, Christopher and John Cook, who formed the crew of the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, inshore rescue boat, and a 64 year old retired doctor, Dr.
Harrison Broadbent, have received letters of appreciation signed by the...
Category: Services
Tough Choices
The lifeguards had been watching the kayakers for a while. It was raining on Pembrokeshire’s Newport Sands, and the only beach goers to keep an eye on were ‘hardcore’ dog walkers. Two men in single kayaks and two children, young girls in a...
Category: Articles
Close call
Swanage volunteers were rudely awoken at 5.25am one Sunday. Within just 10 minutes both station lifeboats were alongside a sinking vessel
On 9 October 2010, Swanage lifeboat and shore crews had...
Category: Articles
March Hare
Deja vu The duo that rescued the lives of four people on the yacht Headstrong are making a habit of saving lives in outstanding services Dave Milford and Sean Marshall have been awarded the Thanks of the Institution on Vellum for their role...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
STAITHES, YORKSHIRE.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently formed a Life-boat establishment at Staithes, near Whitby, where it was con- sidered that a Life-boat would be most useful, especially in helping the fishing boats, which...
Category: Articles
Schiedam, of Middlesborough
On the 4th of the following month (December), the brig Schiedam, of Middles- borough, bound from Seaham to South- ampton with coals, foundered at sea off the Yorkshire coast soon after midnight.
The master and crew of 5...
Helen Walker And Polly
A strong W.N.W. gale with a very heavy sea on 1st February caused great anxiety to be felt for some of the fishing boats which were at sea. About 4 P.M. a boat was seen approaching the harbour, and as it was felt that she could never weather...
Young Bert
At 7.30 on the morning of the 6th January a vessel was observed on the West Barnard Sand with a signal of distress flying.
Information was given to the Coxswain and the No. 1 Life-boat Bolton was smartly launched. On...
Begonia
At about 9 P.M. on the 4th March the Coxswain of the Life-boat observed a vessel in the vicinity of the " Sow and Pigs" rocks, and about half-an-hour later she made signals indicating that something was wrong. The assembly signal...