LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Babioli
Fowey, Cornwall. On the llth July, 1961, the life-boat Deneys Reitz had returned after escorting the dinghies Shellduck and Lapwing to safety when it was learnt that the two dinghies were now making for a dismasted dinghy on the rocks near...
International Boat Show (From Page 129)
ings to the RNLI, his Christmas cards proving particularly popular (350,000 mantelpieces must have been the brighter for them last Christmas); Alan Jones, Secretary and Exhibition Organiser of National Boat Shows, who has consistently given...
Category: Articles
Marietta
Teesmouth lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Sarah Jane and James Season, was on passage to Hanlepool on August 16, 1981. under the command of Coxswain William Carter when she was informed b\ Tees Coastguard that the motor cruiser Marietta was...
Hermann
On the morning of the 25th February signals of distress were seen in the direction of the Mid Scroby Sand. A heavy sea was running at the time, and a strong wind was blowing from the N. The Lifeboat Beauchamp was launched at about 3...
None (1)
Appledore, Devon - At 7.16 p.m. on 12th April, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that two boys were stranded on the rocks on the south side of Baggy point. The lifeboat Louisa Anne Hawker with the boarding boat in tow slipped...
Launches
stinas ABERSOCH B-70ftAug2,5.13,15,16(x2), 18,19,20,21,29 ABERYSTWYTH B-704:Aug7,13,29,Sep 1,7,9 ACHILL ISLAND ON-1144(52-41):Aug28 ON-1240(14-28):Aug 1,Aug 7, Aug 8,Aug 15 ALDEBURGH ON-1193(12-34):Aug 17,27,30 D-520:Aug 20,28(x2),30,Sep 4...
Category: Services
Chipperkyle
On the 24th April an intimation by telephone was received that a large vessel was aground on the North Leman Sand.
The No. 2 Life - boat Margaret was launched, and after sailing about seventeen miles, fell in with the...
A Stern Test
A STERN TEST Inshore lifeboats are equipped with powerful engines to reach casualties quickly, but many rescues call for some strong handiwork too. Rory Stamp reports The skipper knew it wouldn’t be easy to get his yacht Sub Woofer back into...
Category: Articles
Fishing Cobles
Four days afterwards a sudden gale from N.E., accompanied by rain, sprang up on this coast, and great excitement was occasioned at Eedcar from the fact of there being five fishing cobles out at sea. The gale came on between 7 and 8 A.M., and...
Deeside
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford.—At two o'clock on the morning of the 1st of February, 1956, a message was re- ceived that the steam trawler Deeside, of Milford Haven, was sending out SOS messages on her wireless ten miles...