LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lymington Branch
Lymington branch had another very successful day at Beattlieu Boat Jumble on Sunday April 4, with a total turnover of £1,886. This year, one section of the stall was devoted to 'Bits from Famous Boats', which included a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
None (1)
Information was received through the Portpatrick Coastguard at about 7.30 P.M. on the 5th January, that flares had been seen ofl Pladda Point. The Troon Motor Life-boat Sir David Rich- mond and the Girvan Motor Life'-boat Lily Glen,...
(Above Left) Torbay's New Crew Facilities
(Above left) Torbay's new crew facilities in the south eastern corner of Brixham harbour. The station's Arun lies to a mooring in front of the building.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Saturday Fund
DURING the past year the difficulties— at all times serious—encountered by those endeavouring by personal effort to raise money for, and increase public interest in, deserving charities and in- stitutions have been in evidence in a greater...
Category: Articles
No. 7
Appledore, Devon. — On the 22nd September two men and a woman were cruising off Instow in the sailing yacht No. 7, belonging to Instow Sailing Club.
During the afternoon the wind freshened, until a moderate W.N.W. gale was...
Ariel
DUNGARVAN, Co. WATERFORD.—At 7.30 P.M. on the 15th August a signal of distress was seen flying from a vessel about three miles S.E. of the Ballinacourty Lighthouse, and signals were also shown by the coastguard at Helwick, to attract...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1985 the RNLI's lifeboats launched 3,864 times (an average of ten times each day) and saved 1,742 lives (an average of over 4 people rescued each day). Note to those entering Shoreline competition: the 1985 lives...
Category: Articles
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Viola
On the 31st October the steam drifter Viola, of Banff, ran ashore on Scroby Sands when returning to Yarmouth from the fishing grounds.
An increasing N.N.E. wind was blow- ing and the sea was heavy on the sands.
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A Meteor Aircraft (1)
Margate, Kent, and Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1954, the Margate coastguard told the Margate life-boat station that No. 19 Group R.A.F. at Plymouth had reported that a Meteor aircraft had crashed...