LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Russula
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 11.45 on the morning of the 13th of May, 1057, a shipping agent telephoned the life- boat coxswain to say that a seaman on board the S.S. Russula, of Genoa, which was anchored off Lightning Knoll buoy, had fallen down...
An Aircraft (1)
Wells, and Cromer, Norfolk. At 10.48 on the morning of the 31st of December, 1959, the coastguard told the motor mechanic of the Wells life- boat that an aircraft had crashed into the sea off South Race Bank buoy. At eleven...
Coxswain David Clemence of Ilfracombe
Coxswain David Clemence of Ilfracombe (South West Division) joined the lifeboat crew in 1954 and was second coxswain for three months in 1972 before being appointed coxswain in the same year.
In 1981 he was awarded a framed... - View image in PDF
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Aldina, of London
On the 14th December the schooner Adina, of London, was totally wrecked during a strong gale from the S.W. and heavy sea, near the East Holm Buoy, on the Gorton Sand, off Lowestoft.
The Lcetitia life-boat at the latter...
Maroc
On the even- ing of the 21st July two men and two women visitors put out from the har- bour in the motor yacht Maroc, in a moderate N.W. breeze, with a rough sea, not knowing the danger they would run in returning. The motor life-boat...
St. Monance
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 9.15 in the evening of the 6th of June, 1948, the police reported that a yacht was drag- ging her moorings in a dangerous posi- tion at the mouth of Lymington river, with one man on board, and the motor life-boat...
Vole
At 7. p.m. on loth June, 1966, a yacht was reported aground to the west of the pier. There was a light north easterly wind with a slight sea and thick fog. It was one hour after low water. The no. 2 life-boat William Henry and Mary King...
Uncle George
ENGINE DIFFICULTIES At 5 p.m. on 30th August, 1964, the watchman on the east pier told the coxswain that a motor launch had broken down in the smooth seas just off the Quern buoy. At 5.10 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out into a...
Trustful
Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.38 p.m. on iyth April, 1965, the east pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off the Quern buoy.
The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis proceeded at 9.45 in a strong...
Valhalla
Redcar, Yorkshire - At 4.40 p.m. on 24th November, 1968, it was learnt that the coble Valhalla had lost her propeller. The life-boat Aguila Wren was launched at 5.5 in a fresh south westerly wind with a moderate sea.
The...