LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Caught in a trap
An off-duty RNLI lifeguard was in the right place at the right time when two surfers were trapped in a perilous position on St Ouen’s Beach, Jersey
Ed Stevens was leaving the car park at St...
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Milborne
Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 4.45 on the morning of the 20th of March, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that awireless distress message had been intercepted from the motor vessel Milborne, of Poole, stating that she had gone ashore eight miles...
Thomas Mason
HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. — The schooner Thomas Mason, of Beaumaris, stranded on the West Hoyle bank in a W.N.W. wind, misty weather, and a choppy sea on the 14th October. At 8.30 A.M. the Life-boat proceeded to her, and remained by her until high...
Navigator
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—A dense fog was experienced here on the 24th July, accompanied by rain, thunder and much lightning. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon the fog cleared, and disclosed vessel just striking the inside of the Barber Sand....
None (1)
At 7.39 p.m. on 7th June, 1966, a message was received that two boys had fallen over the cliff at South Stack and that it was doubtful if the coastguards would be able to reach them. The lifeboat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. p) was launched...
A Motor Yacht
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 3.42 on the afternoon of the 10th of July, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat anchored off Colne Point was dragging her anchor and showing a distress signal at the mast-head. The...
Diadem
At 8.30 A.M.
on the llth October the Coastguard reported that a vessel was flying signals of distress off Saltdean. The Michael Henry motor Life-boat was at once launched and proceeded to the spot; she found the brigantine...
Brunette
On the evening of the 6th Sep- tember the weather was calm, but there was a heavy swell on the bar, and the yacht Brunette, of New- castle-on-Tyne, with four young people on board, three brothers and their sister, was seen to be drifting...
A Fishing Boat
On the 10th August, during a moderate gale, a fishing- boat belonging to Sunderland was blown out to sea. When she was about nine miles E.N.E. of the harbour she was observed and a message was conveyed to the Life-boat authorities. In...
A Pontoon (1)
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. About eight o'clock on the morning of the 7th September, 1961, the second coxswain received a request, while he was fishing to the north of Hartlepool, from a representative of Messrs. Wimpey and Co. to land men...