LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (2)
At 7 A.M. on the 4th March the fishing cobles put to sea in a S.E. wind with a nasty sea.
Two hours later the weather became worse, the wind increasing to a gale, and it was decided to launch the Life- boat Hollon the Third...
Two Fishing Boats
PORT PATRICK.—On the afternoon of the 19th June two fishing-boats proceeded to the North fishing ground. One of them was fully manned, but the other had been hired by two visitors, and her crew consisted of a man and a boy. Towards evening a...
Feature Come Fly With Me
The RNLI reached an important milestone in December when its first rescue hovercraft went on station at Morecambe on the north west coast. The Lifeboat takes an in-depth look at this exciting new addition to the fleet.'It's a lot...
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Ben Aigen
DUNGENESS.—On the night of the 15th February, signals of distress were observed and the crew of the Life-boat R.A.O.B.
were at once summoned. At about 10.30 the boat was launched in a rough sea, the wind blowing a moderate...
Golden Hope
SEVERE At 9 a.m. on loth April, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the m.f.v. Golden Hope was at sea and that conditions in the harbour approaches were very severe, with visibility almost nil. The life-boat Mary Ann...
Swimming and Swimming Schools
WHEN the maritime character of this country is considered, and the liability of a large portion of its population to be at one time or another exposed to the " dangers of the seas," surprise maybe well excited at the facts—that but...
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Davaar
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 8.10 on the evening of the 22nd of July, 1953, the life-boat tractor driver reported that the local motor cruiser Davaar was in distress a hundred yards east of East Pier. At 8.20 the life-boat James and Ruby...
Yachts and a Sailboard
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
James and Agnes
PORTHCAWL.—The coxswain of the Lifeboat Speedwell was informed by the pilot on watch, on the 7th April, that a vessel was running for the shore in a sinking condition. At 6.20 A.M. the Life-boat was launched, and proceeded, in a moderate N.N...
Agnes
MONTROSE, N.B.—On the 5th March, during a very heavy gale from the S.S.E., and an exceedingly heavy sea, accompanied by a snowstorm, the schooner Agnes, of Llanelly, bound thence to Newcastle, while running for Montrose Harbour, went ashore...