LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
J. W. A., of Newquay
During a strong gale from the N.N.E., and in a heavy sea, on the 21st February, two i vessels were at anchor in this roadstead.
One of them was labouring very heavily; ' and at last she exhibited a signal of dis...
A Motor Fishing Boat (1)
On the South and East Coasts.
On the south coast the Weymouth Motor Life-boat was out for nearly six hours, from 6.30 in the evening until after midnight, in response to the S.U.S.
of the steam-tanker M....
A Boat
On the South and East Coasts.
On the south coast the Weymouth Motor Life-boat was out for nearly six hours, from 6.30 in the evening until after midnight, in response to the S.U.S.
of the steam-tanker M....
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...
An American Sabre Jet aircraft
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 5.5 on the evening of the 30th of October, 1957, a message was received that a pilot of an American Sabre Jet aircraft had baled out thirty miles north of Cromer. At 5.30 the life-boat Foresters Centenary was...
Merchant Vanguard
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—In the early hours of the 16th of June, 1956, the lighthouse keeper telephoned that rockets were being fired two miles from the harbour. At 2.30 the life- boat Annie Blanche Smith put out in a very rough sea....
None (2)
Man in water THE MUMBLES COASTGUARD telephoned the honorary secretary of Atlantic College, St Donat's Castle, lifeboat station at 0948 on Sunday May 24, 1981, to inform him that a man had been reported in the water off Witches Point,...
Claesjenguy
The Flying Dutchman WHEN his 24-foot yacht Claesjenguy lost her rigging off Hastings on June 2, Mr P. W. Stoel, a Dutchman working for the BBC, had cause to be grateful for the services of three RNLI lifeboats.
Although he...
I.R.B. Bounces Over Rocks
FOR a service in which Bridlington inshore rescue boat literally had to bounce over rocks on her way in to rescue two young men who had fallen over cliffs the Institution's thanks inscribed on vellum have been accorded to the IRB helms-...
Category: Services
Three Metal Floats
JULY 22ND. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. During the afternoon four young men, holiday visitors from Coventry, went out on three metal floats from Prestatyn. The sea was rough and a strong south-westerly wind was blowing.<...