LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Muddy waters
How would the occupants of a yacht survive when it sank within seconds at the mouth of the Thames? Anne Millman finds out
On the overcast but cold morning of 17 February, Thames Coastguard at Waltonon- the-Naze heard an...
Category: Articles
Penguin
At 9.5 P.M. on the 27th July a telephone message was received from the coastguard that flares of distress were being shown one mile N.E. of Rhyl Pier. A strong and increasing W.N.W. wind was blowing and the sea was rough. The pulling...
Whitby Rose
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.29 on the afternoon of the 5th of December, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary and coxswain that the propeller of the motor fishing vessel Whitby Rose had been fouled seven miles north- north-east of...
St Irene
At about 2.25 P.M. on 1st December the steam trawler St. Irene, of Hull, stranded on the Inner Binks, when returning, in dense fog, from Bear Island. She was seen from the shore and the No. 2 Motor Life-boat City of Bradford I. put...
Alexandra
CAISTER, NORFOLK. — Signal - rockets were fired by the Wold Light-vessel on the morning of the 31st May last. The weather was squally, a strong breeze blowing from the KN.W., and there was a heavy sea. At 3 o'clock the No. 2 Lifeboat...
Beaver
NIGHT SEARCH FOR MISSING YOUTH AND CABIN CRUISER Troon, Ayrshire. At 11.45 p.m. on Monday the 22nd of July, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed by a youth's father that the cabin cruiser Beaver with the boy on board had left...
Eight Men Rescued from French Trawler
AT 3.49 on the afternoon of the 8th of November, 1956, the honorary secre- tary at St. David's, Dr. Joseph Soar, learnt from the coastguard that a vessel was being towed into Milford Haven and might need help. The Angle life-boat at the...
Category: Services
Buttons After All!
IN the report of Life-boat Day in Greater London, in the last issue of The Lifeboat, it was stated that for the first time no buttons had been found in the collecting boxes. But buttons were, after all, given for the help of the Service—but...
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Sea Beat (Continued from Page 270)
(continued from page 270) away and, on the first attempt to launch through the heavy surf, the boat was thrown back broadside on to the beach.
With perseverance, however, the crew managed to get through the surf and then...
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Tern (1)
Coaster escort Another service which made the headlines was carried out by the Hastings and Eastbourne lifeboats on 14 November 1993.
The coaster Tern was badly down by the head and in severe difficulties 10 miles off the...