LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Girdleness
Longhope, Orkney.—At 4.28 on the morning of the 4th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say the steam trawler Girdleness, of Aberdeen, was aground one mile west of Cantick Head lighthouse. At 4.50 the life- boat Thomas McCunn was...
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Sailing Dinghy
THREE MEN RESCUED AFTER DINGHY CAPSIZES Douglas, Isle of Man. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 24th May, 1962, the police informed the coxswain that a sailing dinghy had capsized in Douglas Bay about a quarter of a mile off...
St. Pierre Eglise
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 10.-12 on the night of the 24th of March, 1953, the Ramsey coastguard rang up to say that a vessel south of Douglas Head was blowing short blasts on its siren, and at eleven o'clock the Douglas Head Lighthouse...
An R. A. F. Twin -Engine Fighter Monoplane
MARCH 13TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.24 A.M. an R.A.F. twin - engine fighter monoplane landed on the sands about 250 yards west of Bispham Slade, and was unable to take off again. At 11.40 A.M. a message was received...
A Large Steamer
APRIL 6TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A message was received at 7.50 in the morning from the Foreland coastguard that a large steamer was sinking six miles to the south-south-east and that a destroyer was in the neighbourhood. There was a...
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Children cut off by tide SWoth Scotland South Division Two children aged 12 and 5 years who had been cut off by the tide on a sandbank off Mawbray were rescued on 7 July 1991 by the prompt response of the Silloth lifeboat and John Boyle, a...
Sea Hawkinge
Appledore, Devon - At 2.40 p.m. on 31st August, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Sea Hawk was aground off Down End and that one of the crew had been taken off by a lifeguard in a rubber boat. The...
Duet
WaltonandFrinton, Essex.—About 7.25 on the night of the 8th of August1951, the coastguard telephoned that the Cork Lightvessel had reported a yacht aground on the Cork Sands. At 7.50 the life-boat E.M.E.D. was launched in a smooth sea and a...
And Now
Last year marked the centenary of the loss of Margate rescue surf boat Friend to all nations along with nine of her crew. The surfboat was operated by a group of local boatmen in tandem with the RNLI lifeboat - generally the same men would... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs