LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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TOWED TO NEWHAVEN Newhaven, Sussex. At 9.59 p.m. on 27th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel was flashing an SOS signal south-east by south of West Pier, Newhaven. Maroons were fired at 10.1 and nine minutes...
A Fishing Punt
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 11.35 on the morning of the llth of December, 1950, a local fishing punt was seen flying an oilskin coat from an oar two miles north-east of Ballycotton Har- bour. Ten minutes later the life-boat Mary...
Around the Coast
Minehead: The Royal Corps of Transport is taking an Atlantic 21 into service on a target range off the Hebrides. Last December a detachment of men was sent to Minehead for exercises in launching and recovery with ILB crew members; it is one...
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At 8.30 p.m. on 24th October, 1966, the nurse on Inishmaan Island informed the honorary secretary that an expectant mother on the island needed to be taken to hospital and requested that a boat be sent to fetch her. The life-boat Mable...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal - At 12.45 p.m. on 16th April, 1966, the doctor nformed the honorary secretary that it was essential that an expectant mother on Tory Island was transferred to Dungloe Hospital as there was no medical aid available on...
Motability
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JULY 14TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
At 11.20 A.M. the coastguard reported that two bathers, men of the R.A.F., were drowning off Perranporth. A strong S.W. wind was blowing with a moderately heavy sea. The motor life-boat...
Come take a look
RNLI open days give supporters the chance to get up close and personal with state-ofthe- art lifeboats and the volunteers who crew them.
The charity’s Headquarters and Lifeboat College in Poole open their doors to the...
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SEARCH FOR AIRCRAFT Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 5.25 p.m. on 5th January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an aircraft with two occupants was overdue at Shoreham Airport. The lifeboat Dorothy and Philip Constant was...
The Last War Service
The war in Europe ended at one minute after midnight of May 8th., and the last launch of a life-boat was one minute before the end. An mdei- vatei explosion, either torpedo or mine, had blown up a Norwegian minesweeper, one of four, fifteen...
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