LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Empress of England
Padstow, Cornwall. At 8.45 on the evening of the 1st of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the coaster Eldorita had the motor launch Empress of England, which had one man aboard, in tow and was making for...
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Exmouth, Devon.—At 6.47 on the evening of the 8th of August, 1956.
the coastguard reported that a man who could not swim was stranded on a sandbank near the River Otter.
The life-boat Maria Noble was...
Dolins
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 27th of June; 1957, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the fishingfleet had returned to the harbour with the exception of the motor boat Dolins, which had a crew of two...
Silver Medal for Irish Coxswain
FOR an outstanding service following a call to a ten-year-old boy who was seriously ill Coxswain Philip Byrne of Arranmore has been awarded the silver medal for gallantry.
At 5 o'clock on the afternoon of 29th November,...
Category: Medals
Frolic
It having been reported on the morning of the 19th August that a smaok -was ashore on the Newcome Sand the Lifeboat JStock Exchange was at once launched and went alongside the vessel, which proved to be the Frolic, of Lowestoft, returning...
Tantivy
At 11 A.M. on the 26th Feb- ruary, during a strong gale at E., the schooner Tantivy, of Wicklow, bound from Liverpool to Wicklow, was forced ashore on the strand north of Howth Harbour.
Immediately on striking, heavy seas...
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Flamborough, Yorkshire - At 6.12 p.m. on 18th September, 1966, the police informed the coxswain that a skin diver was in difficulties under the cliff between the life-boat station and the coastguard lookout. The coxswain rang the coastguard...
A Yacht and a Motor Boat
SOUTH-EAST ENGLAND Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 4.6 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, a yacht and a motor boat were reported in distress between Bembridge Harbour and St. Helens. There was a strong southwesterly breeze with a rough sea. The tide...
Past and Present
50 years ago LIFE-BOAT BULLETIN No.24 1946 A year of peace In the twelve months from the end of the war in Europe on 8 May 1945, life-boats rescued 677 lives.
That is an average of 56 lives a month and is only 50 lives less...
Category: Articles
M.V. Cantonad
Storm search BRIXHAM COASTGUARD asked the honorary secretary of St Peter Port lifeboat station at 2030 on Thursday January 4 to put the lifeboat on stand by for MV Cantonad, a 2,200 ton Greek freighter with a crew of 16, reported listing...