LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY.— A rocket was fired from a vessel near Rhoscolyn Landmark early on the morning of the 7th March. The weather was foggy, and a heavy sea was running, the wind being S.W. The Thomas lAngham Life-boat proceeded to her...

ILFRACOMBE.—On the 27th May, 1894, the coastguard reported to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a dismasted vessel was lying off Heale Bay, nearly half a mile from the point. A moderate breeze was blowing from N.N.W., the weather was...

On the 22nd August at 2.40 P.M. the Coastguard ob- served a flat ashore on the East Hoyle Bank with a signal of distress, flying.

The crew of the Life-boat Hannah Fawsett Bennett were promptly assembled and the boat...

Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 9.22 on the night of the 2()th of April. 1956, the coastguard reported that a small boat was burning flares. At 9.40 the life- boat J.J.K.S.ir., on temporary duty at the station, was launched. There was a moderate sea...

Cromer, Norfolk. At 1.55 early on the morning of the 8th March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the collier Corstar was mak- ing for Cromer with a sick man aboard and that a doctor was needed. There was a light...

EIGHT NAVAL CADETS TOWED TO SAFETY Salcombe, Devon. At 11.20 p.m. on Saturday the 13th of July, 1963, the Prawle Point coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties off Gammon Head and that her crew were...

On the 7th Feb- ruary, the ship, Iron Crown, went on the outer edge of the Goodwin Sands, about two miles S.W. of the Beacon. She fired signal- guns, but they were not heard from the shore. The wind was blowing strong from the S. W., and the...

In February 1858, the oar-powered Southwold lifeboat capsized in heavy surf. The 15 crew wearing lifebelts were all saved but records show ‘three unfortunate gentlemen who had … neglected to put on lifebelts, lost their lives’. Technology...