LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (1)
Sheringham, Norfolk. — 7th April, 1938. A steamer had reported by wireless, through Humber Radio Station, that she had seen an aeroplane fall into the sea in flames near the Dudgeon Light-vessel, but a long search revealed no trace of the...
Souris
YACHT AGROUND At 4.55 p.m. on 3rd April, 1966, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been reported to be aground on the Pye Sands, about half a mile outside the mouth of the river. The honorary secretary then telephoned...
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INJURED BOY RESCUED AFTER FALL FROM CLIFF Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. At 7.25 on the evening of the llth March, 1962, the coxswain received a message from the Abersoch fire brigade that a boy had fallen over the cliff at Cilan Head, and that...
Stingray
Rhyl, Flintshire. On 5th December, 1965, the coastguard reported that four vessels appeared to be sheltering under the lee of Penmon Head opposite Old Colwyn and that one of the vessels was drifting. A watch was kept and the motor fishing...
Up Spirits
Weather deteriorated ON THE EVENING of Wednesday, September 8, 1976, the yacht Up Spirits anchored in New Quay Bay. Her owner and one member of the crew remained on board while the other slept ashore.
During the night the...
Silver and Bronze Medals for Aberdeen
THE Institution has awarded its silver medal to Coxswain Thomas Sinclair, of Aberdeen, and its bronze medal or thanks on vellum to each member of the crew, for the rescue on 26th January of the crew of the steamer Fairy, of King's Lynn...
Category: Medals
Drink and Be Generous!
Drink and be... generous! Each year customers of 'The Olde Coffee House' and the 'Star and Garter' public houses in London's Soho have organised 'Drunk-Aid', a gentle stroll around 20 pubs in the area in the space... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Troll
TOW FOR YACHT WITH NINE ABOARD Holyhead, Anglesey. At 9.30 on the evening of the 13th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was flashing a light off North Stack and appeared in...
Schollevaer
Cloughey, Co. Down.—At 11.55 on the night pf the 16th of April, 1949, the Tara coastguard telephoned that red flares could be seen about two miles south of the South Rock Lightvessel, and the life-boat Herbert John was launched at 12...
Haab
POKTMADOC, CARNARVONSHIRE. — At 8 A.M. on the 24th January, a vessel having been observed on the S. side of the bar during a strong W.N.W. wind, the John, Ashbury Life-boat put off, and with some difficulty got alongside the vessel, which...