LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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ILFRACOMBE.—On the 27th May, 1894, the coastguard reported to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a dismasted vessel was lying off Heale Bay, nearly half a mile from the point. A moderate breeze was blowing from N.N.W., the weather was...
Fishing Cobles (4)
During a light S.E. breeze with a heavy ground swell four fishing cobles belonging to Whitby were seen making for Runswick.
As the landing at Runswick was con- sidered to be very dangerous the Cox- swain of the Life-boat...
Craddock
Cromer, Norfolk. At 10.14 on the night of the 11th of July, 1960, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been observed six to seven miles east-south-east of the Newarp lightvessel. The no. 1 life-boat Henry...
H.M. Submarine Universal
FEBRUARY 4TH - 6TH. - ST. DAVID’S AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE, AND NEW QUAY, AND ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE.
H.M. submarine Universal was on her way to the breaker’s yard. Late on the night of the 3rd of February her...
A Steamer (33)
JULY 25TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. A steamer in a convoy was sinking as the result of enemy action, but there was no one on board. The life-boat remained by until she sank, and then found that the crew had been rescued by another vessel. -...
M. Silas's Inextinguishable Marine Lights
A LIGHT of a novel character, which, from the circumstance of its being inextinguishable by water, bids fair to be a valuable acquisition, has been recently introduced and patented by M. Silas, a French gentleman, who has lately been...
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Mallaig, Inverness-shire. On her way to her station from the building yard at Cowes the new Mallaig life-boat E. M. M. Gordon Cubbin was making the passage from Donaghadee to Campbeltown on the 25th of October, 1957, when a May Day...
"Private benevolence, energy, and zeal."
The following paragraph first appeared in THE TIMES on 20th February, 1866.
It was printed again in THE TIMES on i$th February, 1966: (Royal National Life-boat Institution) Nothing, in fact, that the Government could do...
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Rosita
On rocks BELFAST COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Donaghadee lifeboat station at 2355 on Thursday May 21, 1981, that a motor cruiser with three people on board was aground near the entrance to Copelands Marina, south of the...
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Life-boat 70-001, Bristol Channel - At 8.40 p.m. on I2th October, 1966, the staff-coxswain of the 70-foot life-boat was told that there was a sick man on the South Lundy lighthouse and asked if he could take a doctor to Lundy island. It was...