LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Three False Alarms. A Whale, a Bather, and a Meteorological Balloon
ON the evening of the 2nd of Septem- ber, the coastguard at St. Anthony telephoned that he could see a small sailing yacht which appeared to have capsized and have a man clinging to it. There was a heavy sea running.
It was...
Category: Articles
S.S. A.F.A.
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides - At ii a.m. on 9th March, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had received a call from the owners of the Fleetwood trawler SSAFA saying that the vessel had on board a seriously injured...
Lark
FISHGUARD. — The No. 1 Life-boat Elizabeth Mary was launched at about 9 P.M. on the 24th September, during a moderate gale from the N.N.E., signals of distress having been shown by the smack Lark, of Portinadoc, laden with slates for Cardiff...
Fishing Cobles
As the return of the local cobles from the fishing- grounds on the 22nd January was at- tended with considerable risk, due to the strong E.S.E. gale which had sud- denly arisen, the Life-boat was launched at 7.30 A.M. to assist them. The...
Medal for Second Coxswain. Four Rescued from Yacht
THE second coxswain of the Appledore life-boat, John Richard Bowden, who took command of the Appledore lifeboat in the temporary absence of the regular coxswain, Sidney Cann, on nth September, 1964, has been awarded the bronze medal for...
Category: Services
New Year Honours
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours - C.B.
Rear Admiral Geoffrey H. Carcw-Hunt, Admiral Commanding Reserves, is an ex-officio member of the Committee of Management of the Institution...
Category: Awards
Drakedene
Walmer, Kent.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 25th of November, 1954, the coxswain noticed that a ship in the Downs was showing a flag signi- fying that she was disabled. At 10.40, at high water, the life-boat Charles Dibdin, Civil...
Coastguard changes
At the time of going to print, the RNLI was awaiting the outcome of a UK Government consultation on the modernisation of the Coastguard service. Under Government proposals, the number of maritime rescue coordination centres (MRCCs) around...
Category: Articles
Unity
— The motor life-boat J. and W. put out at 10.40 A.M. on the 12th March, in a moderate N.E. gale, with a heavy sea, to search for the motor fishing boat Unity, which had been reported to be in distress with an engine breakdown about seven...
Yachts (1)
SEPTEMBER 20TH. - TORBAY, DEVON.
A north-north-west wind of hurricane force was blowing and the sea was very rough. It was thought advisable for the life-boat to put out, as many yachts, with their crews on board, were at...