LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (4)
Clogher Head, Co. Louth - At i.o p.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht with white sails and a red hull appeared to be in difficulties off Carlingford bar.
The life-boat George...
Gladys
At 12.15 P.M.
on the 4th August the smack Gladys, of Lowestoft, was observed on the Bar- ber Sands, and the No. 2 Life-boat, Nancy Lucy was launched to assist her.
The wind was blowing strongly from the...
Fiona
St. Helier, Jersey.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 28th of April, 1953, the harbourmaster rang up to say that the owner of the local fishing boat Fiona had reported that the boat was overdue with a crew of two, and that he felt...
Hero
On the evening of the 6th July a small trawler, the Hero, hailing from Rhyl, anchored in Llandudno Bay. There was a strong N.N.W. breeze blowing, with a rough sea, and at 7.40 P.M.
the men on board hoisted a signal of...
Sarah
In a strong N.N.E. wind with snow squalls on the 18th March, signals of distress were seen from a vessel in the Bay. The Life-boat Barbara, Fleming was launched with all speed and pro- ceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the ketch Sarah...
Yachts (1)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
A north-north-west wind of hurricane force was blowing and the sea was very rough. It was thought advisable for the life-boat to put out, as many yachts, with their crews on board, were at...
Caught in a trap
An off-duty RNLI lifeguard was in the right place at the right time when two surfers were trapped in a perilous position on St Ouen’s Beach, Jersey
Ed Stevens was leaving the car park at St...
Category: Articles
Sarah, of Sunderland
About half-past three o'clock on the morning of the 25th Janu- ary, while the wind was blowing strongly from the east, and during a heavy snow- storm, the brig Sarah, of Sunderland, bound from that port to Southampton with coal, and...
Lifeboats of Southern Eire
IREI.ANDS LINKS with the RNLI are almost as old as the Institution itself and the tradition of lifesaving around its rugged coastline stretches back to the turn of the century.
Guarding the busy shipping lanes bringing...
Category: Articles
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