LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs. Hodgetts, of Lewisham
Mrs. Hodgetts, of Lewisham, who died on 19th September, 1931, after a short illness, was one of the oldest of the Institution's honorary workers. She was Honorary Treasurer of the Lewi- sham, Lee and Eltham Ladies' Auxiliary of the...
Category: Obituaries
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Brighton and Shoreham lifeboat crews joined forces to assist fire officers during a fire that gutted the south end of Brighton's West Pier on 28 March 2003 The fire was raging out of control on the pier, with no way for fire teams to...
Sailing Dinghies
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At approximately 4.17 p.m. on 30th August, 1965, while the honorary secretary was watching a dinghy race, a sailing dinghy was capsized by a squall and her two occupants thrown into the water. The sailing club...
Will Everard (1)
Dungeness, Kent.—At 10.45 on the morning of the 5th of December, 1955, a man reported that the barge Will Everard, of London, which had a crew of four, had run ashore near Galloways.
At 11.25 the life-boat Charles Cooper...
Alamein
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—At 12.31 on the afternoon of the 25th of August.
1957, the Foreland coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht seemed to be drifting off Xew Ground buoy but was not showing distress signals. The vacht...
Regalia
The fishing vessel Begalia, of Douglas, was under observation about seven miles off the shore on the 3rd January, on account of the very choppy sea and the strong W.N.W. gale prevailing. About noon the vessel was missed, and the Coxswain of...
A Dinghy (1)
Bembridge, Isle of Wight, inshore rescue boat on 19th August went to the aid of a dinghy in difficulties off Whitecliffe point.
The IRB was launched at 1.50 p.m. in a moderate south westerly wind with a rough...
Teens saved from rip current
26 May: Coldingham Bay Two teenagers thought they were safe paddling in shallow water, but the strong current soon pulled them far out to sea. Luckily, lifeguards Giordano Ceccarelli and Nick Campbell spotted...
Category: Articles
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St. David's, Pembrokeshire. At 9.15 on the evening of the 24th of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a flashing light giving SOS signals had been seen coming from Skomer Island. At 9.45 the life-boat...
Two Cobles
The Life-boat Thomas Bewick was launched at 8.15 A.M., on the 19th May, to the assistance of two cobles which had put to sea, and had been overtaken by bad weather and rough sea. The danger flag was hoisted at the mouth of the harbour to...