LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Services
Three saved — • , — --. -—— from grounded yacht in rojjgh conditions The three crew members aboard St Bees' Atlantic earned a letter of thanks from Michael Vlasto the RNLI's Chief .of Operations following a difficult service to...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
LIFEBOAT GROUNDS TWICE ON GALE-LASHED SANDBANK Four rescued in gale from stranded yacht The Director of the RNLI, Lt Cdr Brian Miles, has written to the honorary secretary of Lytham St Annes lifeboat station, Frank Kilroy, to congratulate...
Category: Services
Schesaplana (1)
Capsized motor cruiser THE DUTY COASTGUARD on watch in the lookout of Solent MRSC on the spring bankholiday Monday, May 25, reported at 1256 that a vessel had capsized in the vicinity of the Shingles Bank Elbow Buoy at the western approaches...
How a Trimaran Was Saved
AT Lowestoft on Saturday the 21st July, 1962, a large number of holiday- makers watched a drama take its course as a trimaran was brought safely into harbour after spending some hours in distress in full view of the...
Category: Articles
Robbery
Survivors cling to upturned hull Selsey's Tyne class lifeboat City of London was called to the rescue of three Dutch sailors on 2 June 1993 when their 34ft yacht lost its ballast keel and capsized off Selsey during a fierce squall in the...
Lifeboat Services
Environmental disaster prevented Bronze medal for Thurso Coxswain and awards to Thurso and Longhope crews Thurso lifeboat Coxswain William Farquhar has been awarded the RNLI's Bronze Medal for bravery for his part in an incident...
Category: Services
Signature
Tragedy as five are swept overboard from charter ya cht A short but difficult search for survivors from a yacht which had been knocked down in the entrance to Tynemouth harbour has earned three of Tynemouth lifeboat's crew letters of...
Mr. Edward Dean, Oldham
Mr. Edward Dean, honorary sec- retary of the Oldham branch, who died on 3rd March of this year, had been associated with its work for forty-one years. In 1931 he was awarded the Institution's gold badge for his long and distinguished...
Category: Obituaries