LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rainbow
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 14th of May, 1953, the life-boat honorary secretary saw the local yacht Rainbow with a crew of four, drifting across the north of the harbour. She had been dismasted and...
High seas, low fuel
3 April: A father and son were bringing their yacht from Troon to Whitehaven when they ran out of fuel in a force 9, 12 miles from their destination. Workington’s Tyne class lifeboat launched at 4.45pm and headed...
Category: Articles
Gracie
North Sunderiand, Northumberland.— At 9.32 on the morning of the 22nd of October, 1955, the Seahouscs coast- guard rang up to say that a message had been received from the Longstone lightvessel that a fishing boat, with one man on board,...
Coxswain James Bumble
Coxswain James Bumble of Sheringham, who also held the bronze medal for gallantry, died on the 5th of June, 1958. The service for which he was awarded his medal was carried out during the last war. The Canadian steamer Eaglescliffe Hall had...
Category: Obituaries
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D class, Tyne and X boat rescue fallen climber Holyhead's D class inflatable was called out at 1600 on 21 April to a man who had fallen 90ft from a cliff at North Stack.
The D class was taken through rough, surging 6ft...
Moray Lass
Troon, Ayrshire.—At 10.25 on the night of the 21st of February, 1957, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that flares had been seen near the shore in Ayr Bay. A quarter of an hour later the life-boat James and Barbara Aitken put out in a...
Eastbourne Life-Boat Lands An Injured Seaman
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Category: Photographs
Michael
Force 11 gusting12 HEARING FROM Fishguard Coastguard at 2200 on Monday, January 13, that Michael of Famagusta, whose engine had broken down, was drifting about 18 miles off the entrance to Waterford, Dunmore East honorary secretary gave...
A Punt
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.10 onthe morning of the 15th of May, 1954, the life-boat The Lord Southborough, Civil Service No. 1, on temporary duty at the station, was launched to welcome the return of H.M. the Queen in...
Selina
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 4.10 p.m. on yth June, 1965, the police notified the honorary secretary that a yacht off Sandsend was signalling and needed help, so at 4.30 the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched. There was a light southeasterly...