LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Anja
Torbay, Devon. At 4.23 on the after- noon of the 13th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the Dutch motor vessel Anja of Foxhol was on fire five miles east of Start Point. The life-boat Lloyd's, on...
Prince Ivanhoe (1)
Prince Ivanhoe THE PLEASURE STEAMER Prince Ivanhoe with a crew of 18 and 450 passengers was on a cruise from Minehead to the Welsh Coast on Monday August 3, 1981, when, at 1536. she struck anunderwater obstruction off Port...
Leonard
NOVEMBER 9TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
During the morning the coxswain was informed by the piermaster that the steam trawler Leonard, of Fleetwood, had come alongside the pier with her holds full of water. A strong N.N...
The Problem of Designing Life-Boats. Self-Righting Life-Boats Or Life-Boats Which Cannot Self-Right
By Commander T. G. Michelmore, R.D., R.N.R.
Chief Inspector of Life-boats WHENEVER a life-boat of the type which cannot right herself is capsized the same questions are asked. "Why cannot all life-boats right...
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The Dredger Hoverinsham II
LIFE-RAFT RESCUE At 8.50 a.m. on 16th January, 1971, the honorary secretary at Beaumaris, Anglesey, learnt that a distress signal had been sighted from the dredger Hoverinsham II of Hull a quarter of a mile below Penmon lookout.
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A Sailing Dinghy
Capsized dinghy A SAILING DINGHY which had capsized against Brighton eastern marina breakwater was reported by the marina security to the deputy launching authority of Brighton lifeboat station at 1758 on Sunday June 19. The station's...
Sea Flight
ADRIFT FOR THIRTY-ONE HOURS Minehead, Somerset. At 3.30 on the afternoon of the 23rd May, 1963, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that he had seen the cabin cruiser Sea Flight displaying a distress signal.
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Purple Heather
DEC. 23RD. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 7 P.M. the coastguard reported the motor trawler Purple Heather, of Lowestoft, ashore at Corton. The weather was very cold and foggy, with a heavy ground swell and a southwesterly breeze....
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SEPTEMBER 6TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
At 12.15 in the afternoon a message came from Dolphin Camp, Brixham, that there had been a cliff accident at Sharkham Point, Brixham, and at 12.25 the motor life-boat George Shee was launched...
A Long Search on the Goodwin Sands
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET 153 Motor Life-boats 1 Harbour Pulling Life-boat LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Life-boat Service in 1824 to June 30th, 1952 77,747 A Long Search on the Goodwin Sands AT 10.53 on the night of the 13th...
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