LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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MARCH MEETING ROBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE. At noon on the 6th of September, 1942, the Scarborough motor fishing coble Florence was fishing in Robin Hood’s Bay. The weather was line, with a light westerly wind and a smooth sea. The coble...
Category: Services
When the Felixstowe Ferry Sailing Club Staged An R.N.L.I, Weekend In May, 1970,
When the Felixstowe Ferry sailing club staged an R.N.L.I, weekend in May, 1970, during which they raised £700 for the life-boat service, Sir Alec Rose, who as a lone yachtsman sailed round the world, presented cups. Here he is shown... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lombard
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Category: Advertisement
TRIMARAN UPTURNED
DUNGENESS | 4 APRIL
A man and woman were rescued from the upturned hull of a trimaran by the volunteer crew of RNLI Dungeness. Both casualties were balancing on the slippery surface when the Shannon...
Category: Articles
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Flamborough, Yorkshire - At 3.58p.m. on 1st September, 1968, it was learnt that a boy had fallen over the cliff at Thornwick bay and that the assistance of the life-boat had been requested by the police. Twelve minutes later the life-boat...
Antje
At 5.30 A.M. on the 4th April information was received that a schooner was ashore on the Nore Sand. The crew of the Life- boat James Stevens No. 9 were at once assembled and they proceeded to the pierhead, but by the time they got there the...
Eleanor
The brigantine Eleanor, of Yarmouth, whilst bound from Seaham to Whitstable with a cargo of coal, was totally wrecked 011 the Sunk Sands on the 18th January.
The weather was hazy and cold, with a strong E.S.E. wind blowing...
Liberty
Dragging on to rocks AT 1704 on Sunday September 9, 1984, the honorary secretary of Ilfracombe lifeboat station was informed by Hartland Coastguard that the yacht Liberty needed immediate assistance as she was dragging her anchor close in to...
Francois Tixier
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 10.40 in the morning of the 8th of July, 1948, the coastguard reported that the motor vessel Francois Tixier, of Dunkirk, bound from Goole for Rouen with a cargo of coal, was flying distress signals four miles north by...
M.F.V. Mary
MFV broken down HM COASTGUARD reported to the deputy launching authority of Southend-on-Sea lifeboat station at 1706 on Sunday May 2, 1982, that MFV Mary had broken down and had asked for immediate help; she was about 15 miles east of the...