LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Obituary: Richard Evans BEM
Richard Evans BEM: a legendary lifeboatman It is with great sadness that theLifeboat reports the death of Richard Evans, aged 96, coxswain of Moelfre lifeboat from 1954 to 1970 and holder of two RNLl Gold Medals.
As well as...
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Holyhead, Anglesey. At 10.30 on the morning of the 3rd June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a man had fallen down a cliff at South Stack. There was a northerly breeze with a choppy sea. Ten minutes later the life...
William and Edwin,Unity, Little Mayflower and Boy Bob.
Hastings, Sussex.—During the evening of the 1st June, 1938, a whole S.W.
gale sprang up, bringing with it a very heavy sea. Several local fishing boats had been caught at sea, and it was decided to send out the motor...
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SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT MOELFRE JANUARY 28TH - 29TH. - HOLYHEAD, AND MOELFRE, ANGLESEY, AND LLANDUDNO. CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 7.30 in the evening of the 29th of January, 1940, a message came to the Moelfre life-boat station...
Chart Shewing the Lives Lost By Drowning In Inland Waters In England & Wales During the Year 1877
CHART SHEWING THE LIVES LOST BY DROWNING IN INLAND WATERS IN ENGLAND & WALES DURING THE YEAR 1877.
Category: Charts
Jupiter
At about 11 A.M. on 28th February the Hoylake Coastguard reported that a small motor boat was at anchor or aground near Spencers Spit, and that they were keep- ing her under observation. Later they reported that the boat had disappeared, and...
Monte Carmelo
At midnight on the 13th November, it then blowing a hard gale from W.S.W., signals indicating that a vessel was in distress were exhibited from the Gull Lightship, and the North Deal Life- boat Van Kook launched forthwith. She proceeded...
Fishing Cobles
As the return of the local cobles from the fishing- grounds on the 22nd January was at- tended with considerable risk, due to the strong E.S.E. gale which had sud- denly arisen, the Life-boat was launched at 7.30 A.M. to assist them. The...