LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Thunder Jet Aircraft
Margate, Kent. At 6.5 on the even- ing of the 13th of November, 1957, an anticipatory message was received from the coastguard reporting a message from the United States Air Force base at Manston that two Thunder Jet air- craft were missing....
Myrtle
Howth, Co. Dublin,—At 2.30 in the afternoon of the 15th of October, 1949, the life-boat R'.P.L. was launched for exercise in a rough sea, with a fresh south-westerly wind blowing, and shortly after noticed a fishing boat one mile east of...
Stornoway:
Stornoway: The re-dedication and blessing of the 52ft Arun RNLB Sir Max Aitken II by The Reverend Roderick Morrison on July 25. The lifeboat was named by HRH Princess Alexandra at Cowes last February. photograph by courtesy of Hebridean... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mirliton
On the 31st October flares were seen in the direction of the Holme Sand during a fresh S.E. by S. breeze, and a moderate sea, and the Gorton lightship also firedguns and rockets. The Life-boat proceeded out at 3.25 A.M. in tow of a steamtug,...
Erla
Salcombe, Devon.—At 8.11 on the evening of the 12th of September, 1955, the Polruan coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht was in distress T.'est-by-north of Prawle Point. At 8.25 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on tem- porary duty at the...
Modern Lifeboat Equipment
PEOPLE seeing lifeboats at sea for the first time have been heard to express surprise that they are so small. A lifeboat is indeed a small vessel. It has to be because a high proportion of rescues are carried out near rocks or sand banks...
Category: Articles
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At 7.39 p.m. on 7th June, 1966, a message was received that two boys had fallen over the cliff at South Stack and that it was doubtful if the coastguards would be able to reach them. The lifeboat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. p) was launched...
A Motor Boat
Appledore, Devon. At 4.18 on the afternoon of the 19th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the second coxswain that two boys were on a sandbank on the river Taw after being cut off by the tide. The life-boat Violet Armstrong left her moorings...
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Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—On the night of the 3rd April a doctor asked for the services of the motor life-boat William Evans to take a patient to the mainland for an immediate operation.
A moderate east breeze was blowing,...
Bon Accord
PETERHEAD, N.B.—On the 31st August the boats prosecuting the herring fishing at Peterhead proceeded to sea. During the night a strong breeze sprang up from the N.E. and raised a heavy sea, and the boats ran for the harbour. About 11...