LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tarbeck
Eastbourne, Sussex. At ten minutes after midnight on the morning of the 9th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred near the RoyalSovereign lightvessel and that one of the ships involved, the...
Ross Lion
Tynemouth, Northumberland. •— At 11.30 on the night of the 16th of April, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say a trawler had reported that one of her crew had injured his hand badly and urgently needed hospital treat- ment. The...
150th Anniversary Celebrations In Scotland
ON SUNDAY, December 1, 1974, a service of thanksgiving and dedication on the 150th anniversary of the founding of the RNLI was held in St Giles' Cathedral, the High Kirk of Edinburgh. It was a simple but moving service, with clergy from...
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A Sailboard and a Speed Boat
Offshore wind keeps inflatable busy Southend-on-Sea South East Division Strong offshore winds kept Southend-on- Sea's D class inflatable busy on 4 April 1988 when it was called out twice in the late afternoon for windsurfers and a...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
Royal National Life-Boat Institution.
Supported by Voluntary Contributions, Patroness—Ste MOST GRACIOUS MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
President—The RIGHT HONOURABLE THE EARL PERCY,...
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Olivia
Plymouth, Devon.—At 9.47 on the night of the 5th of March, 1957. a message was received that the schooner Olivia, of Plymouth, needed help four miles off Eddystone. At 10.5 the life- boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rozi'se put out in a...
A Sailing Dinghy
At 6.15 p.m. on 4th June, 1970, a member of the crew of the Helensburgh, Dunbartonshire, IRB saw a sailing dinghy with one man on board in difficulties three quarters of a mile off shore. The IRB was launched at 6.20.
There...
Hero
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 3.15 in the afternoon of the 8th of January, 1949, the Gravir Post Office telephoned that a vessel between the Shiant Isles was sounding her whistle, and the life- boat William and Harriot was launched at...
Neuha, of Berwick on Tweed
On the 4th January, 1863, the ketch Neuha, of Berwick-upon-Tvveed, having got on shore on the Abertay Bank in a gale fromE.S.E., with foggy weather, the Mary Hartley life- boat, stationed at Broughty Ferry, pro- ceeded to her assistance....
Capella
SKIPPER'S BROKEN ARM Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 3.45 on the morning of the 14th of August, 1947, the coastguard reported that a red flare had been seen about two miles east- north-east of Queen's Pier, and the motor life-boat Lady...