LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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AUGUST 25TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.

A coble had broken down, but reached harbour unaided. - Rewards, £9 1s..

Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.55 A.M.

on the 15th March a message was received that a barge about half a mile south of Low Way buoy had been dismasted.

A west breeze was blowing, with a very rough sea. The...

JANUARY 11TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.

About 8.30 A.M. the port war signal station reported that the Danish steamer Sparta was in difficulties, and a second message was received shortly afterwards that the Belgian steamer...

AT the end of the first Annual Report of the Institution, published on 10th March, 1825, is a list of thirty-two services for which it had given rewards during its first year. The first of these services took place on 10th July, 1824, and...

YACHT REFLOATED ON RISING TIDE Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 5.35 on the evening of the 20th April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht was aground on the Shingles bank at the entrance to the Solent. The...

Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 6.15 on the evening of the 5th May, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a boy had fallen over the cliff at Maughold Head and later asked for the life-boat. At 6.35 the life-boat Frank and...

Letters received by the Institution, and articles in the press, have shown that many people think the Ministry of Labour is taking from the Life-boat Service for the fighting forces men whom the Institution wishes to keep. That is not so....