LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An American Superfortress Aeroplane
Great' Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk; and Lowestoft, and Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—About 6.30 in the evening, on the 7th of June, 1950, an American Superfortress aeroplane crashed eight miles north-north-east of Smith's...
Y Draig
On the morning of the 2nd April the yacht Y Draig, of Portmadoc, left Aberyst- wyth harbour for a cruise in the bay.
There were four persons on board.
The wind was blowing fresh from the E.N.E. By 11 A.M...
Marjorie
Early in the morning of the 2nd May, during a W.S.W. gale, a small ketch was observed at anchor close to a lee shore in Church Bay, and at 10 o'clock she hoisted a signal of distress. A steamer, making for Holyhead, was seen proceeding...
M.F.V. Ecstasy and M.F.V. Broadside
Escort THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Southwold lifeboat station received a request at 1335 on Monday January 31, 1983, for the lifeboat to escort MFV Ecstasy and MFV Broadside to Lowestoft; the weather was too bad for the fishing vessels...
Timander
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. At 5.55 on the morning of the 13th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the pilot launch, which was sheltering in Totland bay, had reported that a small yacht needed help. The pilot...
Rescue In Heavy Surf
HELMSMAN A. Thirlby and his crew, Mr. P. Pemberthy and Mr. R. Hacking, of the St. Ives IRB, have been awarded a framed letter of thanks, signed by the Chairman of the Institution, Admiral Sir Wilfrid Woods, G.B.E., K.C.B., D.S.O., for their...
Category: Services
Violet Stephenson
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 8.20 a.m. on 25th September, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain that some of the local fishing cobles were still at sea in deteriorating weather conditions and might need assistance to return to the...
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Swanage, Dorset - At 3.48 p.m. on 29th March, 1969, the coastguardreported that two girls were cut off by the tide below Old Harry rocks.
The life-boat Rosa Wood and Phyllis Lunn, on temporary duty at the station, was...
Matabele
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 12.45 A.M.
on the 18th December, 1938, the coastguard reported that a trawler was ashore in a bad position near North Gare Breakwater, and was making distress signals. She was the steam trawler...
Stephanie Jane
Four saved from MFV among rocks in hurricane-force gustsCoxswain David Chant of the St Davids lifeboat, Dyfed, has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of four fishermen in severe gales on 26...