LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (1)
Just in time THE STATION HONORARY TREASURER of Stranraer saw a capsized dinghy, her crew in the water, some 300 yards from the shore at 1855 on Wednesday, September 1. He immediately drove to the boathouse where the honorary secretary and...
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A Fishing Boat
NEAR ROSSALL At 11.22 a.m. on i2th May, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small fishing boat was in difficulties a few hundred yards off the beach at Rossall. The life-boat crew, already standing by in the boathouse...
A Brave Schoolgirl
A Holiday at Skipsea LAST summer a fifteen-year-old school- girl was holidaying at Skipsea, near Bridlington. Her home was at Baildon near Shipley, and she was staying with her parents at Sea Cabin Bungalow, Green Lane, which stood near the...
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A Steam Fishing Vessel
The Humber, Yorkshire. — 30th October, 1937. A steam fishing vessel had run ashore at Easington, but her crew were rescued by the coastguard rocket life-saving appliance.—Rewards, 18s. Permanent paid crew..
A Barge (2)
DEC. 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON.
ESSEX. A barge had been reported in distress, but nothing could be found. - Rewards £22 12s..
A Dinghy (2)
Dungeness, Kent. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1958, the coxswain was informed that a dinghy with two people on board was in difficulties off Lade. One of the men was waving a red handkerchief attachedto a paddle. Five...
A Speed Boat
SPEEDBOAT BROKE DOWN Plymouth, Devon. At 6.43 p.m. on Kth April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a speedboat with one occupant had broken down half a mile south of their lookout. There was a gentle north-westerly breeze...
A Naval Launch
SWAM TO LAUNCH At 2.40 p.m. on 3ist August, 1964, the life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin, on temporary duty at the station, was launched in response to a report that a naval launch with seven people on board was in difficulties in shallow...
A Dinghy (4)
HELICOPTER FOUND THEM At 12.15 a.m. on 8th August, 1964, a local resident told the honorary secretary that he was anxious about the safety of a friend and his son who were fishing in a small dinghy. They had been out since 6 p.m. the...