LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Marzo
At 7.20 r.M.
| on 14th May the signal was lircd denoting the Life-bout was required to assist some vessel in distress, and a ; steamer was seen in the fog making for the shore to the east of...
None (2)
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 8.35, on the evening of the 24th of July, 1950, the palice reported that a boy had fallen over the 400 feet cliffs at Maug- hold Head. He was so seriously injured that he could not be carried up the cliff. The...
Restless Wave
NORTH BERWICK.—On the morning of Sunday the 19th October, a small boat was observed in the Firth of Eorth, apparently making for the shore, and as there was a heavy sea on the coast, the chief officer of coastguard hoisted a red flag to warn...
Fishing Cobles (3)
At 6.30 A.M. on the 26th December fourteen of the cobles belonging to Filey put to sea for the purpose of hauling their lines, and at about 8 A.M. the wind commenced to freshen, causing most of the boats to run for safety. By 10 A.M. all the...
Two Speed Boats
Speedboats capsize MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF MARGATE'S 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat were in the boathouse on the afternoon of Sunday August 3, 1986, cleaning the lifeboatafter an earlier service call when a message came through that two...
Communication With Stranded Vessels
COMMUNICATION WITH STRANDED VESSELS.
SIR,—I have recently read with painful interest strictures upon the failures on the Norfolk coast to establish prompt communication with a wrecked vessel. Few persons, indeed, are aware...
Category: Correspondence
In the Open
The RNLI headquarters and depot's bi-annual Open Days were postponed from 1990 to 1991 because of building work - but the wait was worthwhile..
Nearly 1.000 people took the guided tours of the RNLI buildings during the...
Category: Articles
Garson
The No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden was also launched at 1 A.M. on the 18th November in reply to large flares which, bad been observed in the direction, of the North Scroby Sand, when the barge Qm-son, of Wisbeaeli, was discovered riding at...
Coxswain C. R. Ellis
COXSWAIN C. R. ELLIS of Clacton, who died on the 2nd January, 1962, had been coxswain of the life-boat from 1924 until 1950, when he retired.
He had previously been second coxswain for four years. Coxswain Ellis was awarded...
Category: Obituaries
Sally
TOW FOR TUG AFTER ENGINE BREAKS DOWN Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 9.35 on the morning of the 4th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tug Sally of Rochester, which had a crew of two and was bound for Swansea,...