LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Barbara
WINTERTON . — At 1 o'clock on the morning of the 24th December a flare was observed about a mile north of Winterton.
The crew of the Life-boat Husband assembled, and the Boat went out and found the schooner Barbara, of...
Life-Boat Sevices
FOUR BOATS AND CREWS SAVED IN deteriorating weather conditions on 8th November, 1971, the 70-foot steel life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie, stationed at Kirkwall, Orkney, went to the aid of the Danish fishing vessel Clupea which had broken...
Category: Services
Tarka
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.47 in the afternoon, on the 14th of December, 1950, the coastguard reported that a vessel was making distress signals about three-quarters of a mile east of the coast- guard station. At 3.55 the life-boat Prudential...
Rocquaine
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—On the morning of the 17th of December, 1950, the coastguard said that a ship four miles east of Lowestoft was in need of help.
At 5.30 the life-boat Michael Stephens was launched, in a fresh west-north-...
Ludwig
Amble, Northumberland.—About 9.55 on the night of the 1st of May, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had fired a rocket east of the Coquet lightvessel. At 10.15 the life- boat J. W. Archer was launched. There was a slight swell...
A Dinghy
LONG NIGHT SEARCH Hastings, Sussex. At 7 p.m. on 9th February, 1964, the mechanic told the honorary secretary that an angling dinghy was overdue, and it was decided to launch the life-boat. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze with a...
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Swimmer saved by lifeboat crew A short but dramatic rescue in which three members of Hastings lifeboat station (one of them the coxswain of the station's Mersey class lifeboat) went into the water to save a young man in danger of being...
A Steamer (33)
JULY 25TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. A steamer in a convoy was sinking as the result of enemy action, but there was no one on board. The life-boat remained by until she sank, and then found that the crew had been rescued by another vessel. -...
Storm Force Supper:
Storm Force supper: three young Storm Force members, who are also members of Wey Cruising Club in Gui/dford, decided to hold a Storm Force supper to raise money for the RNLI. The three girls (I to r) Sarah Fletcher, six, Meredith Lott and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Angling Boat
Injured angler A RED FLARE in the Bracklesham Bay area was spotted at 1005 on Sunday, December 7, 1986 by Hayling Island Crew Member Graham Raines, who advised Solent Coastguard. The station honorary secretary agreed to alert the crew and...