LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Leon Laura, of Lowestoft
At 7.25 p.m. on fth June, 1966, a vessel was seen flying a distress signal and burning red flares four miles east of the lookout. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick left her moorings at 7.40 in a gentle westerly wind and a slight...
Sea Queen
NOV. 13TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 7 A.M. flare were seen to the eastward. This, was confirmed by the Fairlight Coastguard Station. A light S.S.W. breeze was blowing.
The sea was smooth. At 7.25 A.M. the motor life-boat...
Delia
AUGUST 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 3.30 in the afternoon, messages were received from the Colwyn Bay police and the Rhyl coastguard that a fishing boat was in distress off Rhos pier, drifting seawards. A strong...
Platypus
DECEMBER 12TH. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
At 8.50 at night the coastguard reported a small vessel flashing SOS signals half a mile east of Heugh Light. A light westerly breeze was blowing and the sea was slight. The motor...
THE 18-HOUR RESCUE MISSION
When Islay lifeboat crew launched to a yachtsman in treacherous seas and force 11 winds, they couldn’t have known that their courage would result in a life saved that night – or a Medal for Gallantry
‘ My adrenaline...
Category: Articles
A Sailboard, PowerBoats and a Yacht
Anticipatory launch ends in eight calls on two lifeboats Eastbourne South East Division Both of Eastbourne's lifeboats were launched in anticipation of problems on 17 July 1988, when freshening conditions on the day of the London to...
The S.S. Ingola
TORBAY, SALCOMBE, AND PLYMOUTH, DEVON.-—At 11.25 A.M., on the 6th January, the Motor Life-boat George Shee left Brixham in a whole S.S.W.
gale, with a very heavy sea and rain, as the s.s. Ingola, of Glasgow, had sent out an...
Cedar
New Brighton, Cheshire. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 13th of July, 1958, a report was received that a naval sea cadet whaler was in difficulties west of Perch Rock lighthouse. At 4.45 the life-boat Norman B. Corlett put out in a rough sea...
Children Rescued from Cabin Cruiser
ON the afternoon of 16th September, 1962, Mr. Kenneth Johnson and his brother, Mr. Frank Johnson, with six of their children aged between two and twelve, went on board Mr. Kenneth Johnson's cabin cruiser, which was one of the Dolphin...
Category: Services
Talvaldis
JULY 9TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. At 7.10 P.M. the Prawle Point Signal Station reported that a vessel was being bombed by enemy aeroplanes three or four miles away. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, but the sea was smooth. At 7.30...