LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

JANUARY 4TH. - ALDEBURGH, AND LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK. At 6.5 P . M .

a message was received from the Aldeburgh coastguard that a steamer, about five miles at sea, was making signals on her siren, but that they were not...

MARCH 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE, AND BEAUMARIS, AND MOELFRE, ANGLESEY. A report had been received that an aeroplane was in distress and another that three men had baled out of an aeroplane, presumably the same one, but nothing could...

On the morning of the 25th November it was reported that a steamer was apparently ashore near the Inner Binks, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford II was launched at 10.15 A.M. The wind was only light, with a slight ground sea, but...

Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...

The crab boat Mistletoe, of Clovelly, went off to haul the pots in the early morning of the 4th May, and when returning was overtaken by a gale. Men went to see if the boat could be seen, but it was not until 2 P.M. that it was reported that...

During a mode- rate north-easterly gale, with a rough sea, on the 25th October, a vessel was observed - to be in danger of drifting ashore, as her anchors were not holding, and the Life-boat George Leicester was promptly dispatched to her...

Caister, Norfolk. At 8.20 on the morning of the 13th of December, 1960, the life-boat mechanic telephoned to say the barge Will Everard was aground on Scroby Sand due east of the life-boat station. This was confirmed later by the coastguard....

R.A.F. DESERTERS RESCUED Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.35 in the afternoon of the 16th of September, 1947, the coastguard at Warden Point reported a small yacht, with her engine broken down, drifting near forts on the Shivering Sands, and the...