LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Difficult conditions as two casualties are taken from the shore The rescue of two people cut off by the tide in difficult and dangerous conditions has led to Sean Baxter, the helmsman of Staithes and Runswick's Atlantic 21 lifeboat,...
Annalivia
A YACHT UNDER OBSERVATION in the River Mersey approach channel in the vicinity of C13 Buoy was reported to the honorary secretary of New Brighton ILB station by Formby Coastguard at 1655 on Saturday, October 23, 1976. It was foreseen that,...
Adventure
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—At 7.30 in the morning of the 12th of August, 1948, the life-boat coxswain returned from sea and reported that wind and sea were rising. He kept watch. At 8.20 the coastguard rang up to say that two cobles were...
Pinda
The Lizard, Cornwall.—At 8.22 on the evening of the 2nd of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the motor boat Pinda had left Mullion at three o'clock to go on a fishing trip between Mullion and Penzance. There were three people,...
An Aeroplane (72)
SEPTEMBER 21ST. APPLEDORE, DEVON. An aeroplane was reported to have crashed eight miles north of Hartland Point, and at four in the afternoon the motor life-boat Violet Armstrong was launched. A squally N.W. by W. wind was blowing, with a...
A Rubber Dinghy and a Walrus Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 10TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 12.40 in the afternoon the Bowmore Police reported that a rubber dinghy with men aboard had been seen eight miles south-west of Oversea Island off the west coast of Islay. A gale was blowing from...
Ostendea
THALEE BAT, Co. KERRY.—On the 22nd November the Admiral Butcher Life-boat proceeded to the barque Ostendea, and brought ashore the master, for the purpose of procuring assistance and a tug to tow the vessel to Limerick for repairs, she...
A Steamer (9)
1st March.
A steamer ran on the rocks, but when the life-boat reached her she found that the master did not wish to leave.
Heavy seas struck the life-boat, flinging her against the steamer, and one of her...
Bar
APRIL 17TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX, AND WALMER, KENT. The French trawler Bar had gone ashore near Beachy Head, but she refloated without help, and the Newhaven life-boat returned to her station. The trawler had been reported to Walmer as ashore...
Practice makes perfect
A routine exercise on 10 June between The Lizard lifeboat and a naval helicopter became the real thing the following day.
Both were called to the aid of the fishing vessel Harvester, which had reported an engine room fire...
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