LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Brendan
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—At 3.20 in the afternoon of the 21st of July, 1949, a Bannow fisherman telephoned that a boat was in difficulties about nine miles west of Kilmore Quay. One of the life-boat's ' carriage-tracks was dis- mantled...
Caribia, of Delfzyl (1)
FEBRUARY 26TH - 27TH. - CAISTER, AND GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. About 2.45 in the morning the coastguard telephoned to Caister that the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston life-boat had just launched to a vessel on the east side of...
A French Trawler
Margate, Kent. At 10.10 p.m. on 8th September, 1965, red jlares were seen one mile east of the north-east Spit buoy. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. //) launched at 10.34 in a strong gale from the west with a very rough sea....
A Sailing Dinghy
On the evening of the 24th September a message was re- ceived from the lighthouse-keeper on Ross Island that a sailing dinghy with two men had gone ashore on Richard- son's Rock, which is between Ross Island and the mainland. The men had...
Douglas, of Guernsey
On the 8th April, the brigantine Douglas, of Guernsey, sprung a leak, and afterwards exhibited signals of distress in Pakefield Eoads, during a very strong gale from the N.E. The Sisters life- boat put out, took off 7 of the vessel's...
Commerce
During a fresh N.N.W. breeze and moderate sea, on the night of the 27th April, the brig Commerce, of Yarmouth, stranded on the Knock Sand, and in response to her signals of distress, the Life-boat Samuel Lewis was launched and pro- ceeded to...
An Aeroplane (7)
MARCH 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND EYEMOUTH, AND ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. About 3.15 in the afternoon men were seen to bale out from an aeroplane which crashed in the sea some two miles off Burnmouth. A light westerly wind...
An Inflatable Dinghy
Dinghy adrift MOELFRE'S 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat launched at 1250 on Tuesday August 20, 1985, after Holyhead coastguard reported that two divers who were working on the 100-year-old wreck of the Royal Charter were beingblown out...
Ocean and Queen's Jubilee
SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. — About 4.30 P.M. on the 15th April two fishermen reported that two cobles, engager! in crab-catching between four and five miles north-east of the Castle foot,were in danger owing to the strong sea and...
Rnli Shoreline
How even a non-swimmer can save someone from drowning " Join Shoreline now. Why Shoreline ? Last year the RNLI saved • over 1,750 lives. This year we expect to save even more. In order to maintain the service we need m every...
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