LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, seven local fishing cobles were at sea in very bad weather, and at 10.35 the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted was launched to escort them in. The sea was rough, with a...
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Wells, Norfolk. At approximately 4.20 p.m. on 13th June, 1965, the motor mechanic saw a man in the sea up to his waist, carrying a boy. The tide was flooding and the man was calling for help. At 4.20 the IRB launched in a slight westerly...
A Motor Boat
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire-At 6.40 p.m. on 3rd April, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small motor boat had broken down and was drifting out to sea on the ebb tide. At 6.47 the IRB launched in a gentle easterly...
Perichole
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire - At 7 p.m. on May 29th, 1966, flares were reported in Aberdaron Bay. The IRB, which was launched at 7.5 in a calm sea, proceeded to Aberdaron and found the auxiliary yacht Perichole with engine trouble. The...
The Owers Lightvessel.
At 11.30 a.m. on 2/th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the Owers lightvessel. The lifeboat Canadian Pacific was launched at 11.44 m a smooth sea. The tide was flooding. The...
Lochgoil Argyll
No one was left in any doubt over which charity was being supported by this particular raft. The race was held at Lochgoil, Argyll, and at the helm of the raft is Dr J. R. R. Holms, chairman of the recently formed Lochgoil branch. By showing... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Douse
BROADSTAIRS. — Flares having been blown close to the North Foreland, the Life-boat Christopher Waud, Bradford, was launched at 6.45 A.M. on the 13th January, and found the brigantine Douse, of and for South Shields, from Poole, in ballast,...
Bass, Alto and Vivendi
Yachts in distress THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of The Lizard-Cadgwith lifeboat station was telephoned on the evening of Monday September 3, 1984, to be told by Falmouth coastguard that a red flare had been sighted off Poldhu Cove. The...
Agm (From Page 15)
AGM (/row page 15) At this point four Scouts, representing Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and England, walked down the centre aisle and up on to the platform to present the Duke with a very large cheque— large in every way, for it...
Category: Meetings
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The motor life-boat K.E.C.F. was launched at 7.15 A.M. on the 3rd June, in a moderate S.E. breeze, with a moderate sea, and landed the body of a man who had died on board the Lucifer lightship, which is stationed about eight miles N.E. of...