LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eilae
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.55 on the afternoon of the 1st of August, 1954. the coxswain reported that four people had left Rock Ferry for a cruise in the 20-feet yacht Eilae about 1.45 and were now overdue. The Formby coastguard reported...
Fishing Cobles (2)
During the afternoon of the 31st December two of the local fishing cobles were at sea, and as a moderate S.E. gale was blowing with a rough sea, it was decided to send out the No. 1 Pulling and Sailing Life- boat Forester. She was launched...
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CHILD HELPED At 1.30 p.m. on yth March, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that a one year old child on Inishere Island required medical attention and, as no other boat was available, he requested the help of the...
REMEMBERED ALWAYS
Grief can affect us all in different ways. One way people find comfort is by creating an online space to honour their loved one's life. A Forever by the Sea tribute fund allows you to collect and share treasured memories, stories and...
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Tubo
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 5.5 on the evening of the 8th of December, 1957, the Trevose Head coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Dutch vessel Tubo was in difficulties twenty miles west of Lundy and that her cargo of grain was shifting...
Shantico
Dangerously dehydrated On 25 April 2006, three lifeboats worked together to save a 14m yacht and her crew sinking off Ardlamont Point, Loch Fyne.
Launching at I.OSpmTighnabruaich's B class Alec and Maimie Preston was...
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man-At 6.20 p.m. on i6th April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that flares and a signal fire had been sighted on the north end of the Calf of Man. There was a strong easterly wind with a moderate...
A Yacht (1)
Portrush, Co. Antrim. At 1.58 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a small yacht from Moville was overdue. After further enquiries had been made the life-boat Lady Scott (Civil...
Tlemcen, the French Tug Champion and Bhutan
MAY 24TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.45 A.M. a message was received from the Deal coastguard that a steamer, with a number of women and children on board, had been bombed by enemy aircraft and was drifting in the South Downs. A light south-west...