LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Caledonia
At 3.45 A.M.
on the 13th April the Coxswain of the Life-boat was called by the Coastguard, who stated that they thought a vessel was ashore. The Coxswain at once pro- ceeded to the beach, but he was unable to distinguish...
Crew Rescued After Vessel Strikes Life-Boat
AT 2.1 on the afternoon of 18th Novem- ber, 1962, the honorary secretary of the Blyth life-boat station, Captain H.
Rowe, was informed by the coastguard that a small coaster was in difficulties off Blyth Fairway buoy. Two...
Category: Services
Margaret and Ann
At 8.45 on the morning of the 13th June a message was received that a vessel was in distress near Strumbles Head about three miles from the Life-boat station.
The No. 2 Life-boat Appin was promptly manned and proceeded to...
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Clovelly, Devon.—At 9.40 on the night of the 30th of August, 1948, the Croyde coastguard rang up to say that two men had been cut off by the tide and were on a ledge near Seal Rock, Baggy Point. He said he would guide the life-boat to the...
Allegiance
CREW TRANSFERRED Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 9.24 a.m.
on i8th May, 1965^ the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been intercepted from Ilfracombe radio station that the motor vessel Saggat had...
Adaptity
Plymouth, Devon.—At 10.2 on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1956, the Queen's Harbour Master, Plymouth, reported that a small coaster was not under control about two miles south- east of Mewstone. At 10.24 the life- boat Thomas Forehead...
Atlantic 21 Mobile Dock (From Page 83)
been developed jointly by Mike Bigland (Preparations) Ltd., an engineering firm in Knighton Powys, Wales, and the RNLI. It is encased in a watertight, custom built steel and armour plated glass hull—reminiscent of a huge goldfish tank. This...
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Nine People Rescued from Dutch Motor Vessel
A FINE service carried out in an easterly gale resulted in the rescue of all nine people on board a Dutch motor vessel. For this service Coxswain Walter Jonas Oxley, of Walton and Frinton, was awarded the bronze second service clasp for...
Category: Services
Unatrac (H Leverion and Co Ltd)
UNATRAC Q] CATERPILLAR Engine Division is proud to be associated with the Royal National Life-boat Institution Caterpillar Marine Engines are used in the Arun, Brede and Waveney class lifeboats Maidenhead Road Windsor Berks SL45HH...
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A Gallant Mechanic
ON 21st October last the mechanic of the Hartlepool Motor Life-boat, Mr.
H. W. Jefferson, was at work in the Boat-house cleaning the engine. He went on deck to turn the crank-shaft by hand, and the engine backfired and set...
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