LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Swanage, Dorset. At 6.10 on the evening of the 18th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the police had reported a man in difficulties on the cliffs at Ballard Down. A cliff rescue team had been sent to the...
A Small Motor Vessel
JUNE 12TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. A small motor vessel had grounded, but was refloated by another vessel. - Rewards. £5 1s..
A Motor Fishing Vessel
NOVEMBER 4TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A motor fishing vessel had been drifting, but was taken in tow by a tug. - Rewards, £9 6s..
A Vessel (4)
JANUARY 26TH. - CROMARTY'. A vessel was sinking, but the survivors had been taken off by an Admiralty tug. - Rewards, £11 5s..
Five Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 10.20 on the morning of the 27th of March, 1952, the life-boat coxswain reported that the weather was deteriorating and that five fishing cobles were at sea.
At 10.37 the life-boat The Cuttle was...
Grace Darling
Grace Darling was the last of the 21 Liverpool class lifeboats to be built and spent almost half her service life at North Sunderland and at Youghal in Ireland. Her coxswain at North Sunderland was awarded a Bronze... - View image in PDF
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A Steamer (5)
JANUARY 17TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A steamer had been mined, but she could not be found, and later the naval authorities reported that she had sunk without any loss of life. - Rewards, £14 11s. 3d.
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FEBRUARY 17TH . - FILEY, YORK-SHIRE. Flashing lights had been seen at irregular intervals, but no sign of any vessel in need of help was found, although the coxswain took the life-boat in right under the cliffs, and among the sea defences,...
The S.S. Empire Conleith, of London
FEBRUARY 15TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. At 4.5 in the afternoon the Wick coastguard reported that the S.S.
Empire Conleith, of London, bound with coal for Iceland, had broken down three miles north of Dunnet Head and was...
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DECEMBER 20TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At 12.5 in the afternoon the Ramsey coastguard reported that they had received information of a vessel in distress. Ten minutes later the position was given as Castletown Bay, and five minutes...