LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tubo
Padstow, Cornwall.—At 5.5 on the evening of the 8th of December, 1957, the Trevose Head coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Dutch vessel Tubo was in difficulties twenty miles west of Lundy and that her cargo of grain was shifting...
Yacht Sunfire
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 8.12 on the evening of the 15th of April, 1949, information was received from the West Cliff that a yacht was in a dan- gerous position near Pegwell Bay, and the life-boat Prudential was launched at 8.20 in a smooth sea...
Nelly
Shortly after the Mark Lane Life-boat had brought the crew of the schooner Nancy ashore, the watchman reported that the St.
Nicholas Light vessel was firing distress signals, and about the same time a vessel was observed...
Sailing Today
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A Dinghy
Drifting dinghy ON THE EVENING of Monday June 29, 1981, John McAllister was working at Garron Point, east of Red Bay lifeboat station, when he saw people waving in a small dinghy off the point. He telephoned the station's deputy...
Shoreline
ANOTHER YEAR has come to the end, and a very successful one it was for Shoreline. Membership is well in excess of 97,000, and although we did not reach our target of 100,000 we were not all that far off. I doubt whether we shall be many...
Category: Articles
Morning Star
On the 7th December signals of distress were ob- served on a vessel near the Little Orme's Head. The Sisters' Memorial life-boat was launched, and found the vessel at anchor, with her mast carried away. She proved to be the flat...
Twenty-Four Crews from Guide and Scout Groups In Northampton
Twenty-four crews from guide and scout groups in Northampton took part in a rowing relay along the River Nenefrom Northampton to Peterborough, a distance of 60.3 miles, with 22 locks to negotiate. The first crew (above) were sent on their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Nicola Dawn
Margate, Kent. At 12.44 early on the morning of the 23rd December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen in the Gore channel. This was confirmed later, and the position was given as four miles...
Speedwell
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 6.30 on the morning of the 7th of September, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a flashing white light had been seen four miles west-north-west of Aberystwyth. The honorary secretary went...