LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht
Putting training into practice The crew atWeston-super-Mare were training in the Atlantic 75 lifeboat Coventry and Warwickshire on 8 June when they diverted to a real shout. A crew of five on a yacht requested assistance because of engine...
Pioneer (1)
OCT. 5TH. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE.
Early in the morning the assistant harbour master saw distress signals coming from the bay. A strong E.S.E. wind was blowing with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat John and Charles...
A Spitfire Aeroplane (4)
MAY 3RD. - BLACKPOOL, AND FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE. A British aeroplane had been reported down in the sea six miles west of Blackpool. The Blackpool life-boat could not launch at once as the tractor was engaged in an attempt to salve another...
Spitfire
JULY 16TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. During the evening a flatbottomed fishing boat, the Spitfire, of Rosslare Harbour, was bound for Tuskar with a crew of four. A S.W. wind was blowing.
It increased and backed to...
Quadruple launch to stuck yacht
19 June: When this eye-catching yacht ran aground with one person aboard, Aldeburgh’s D class lifeboat Christine and Mersey class lifeboat Freddie Cooper had a job to do. It was just after midnight. The yacht was...
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Henry Everest, of Rochester
On the 20th Octo- ber at midnight, during a strong gale with heavy sea, the barge Henry Everest, of Rochester, was driven ashore off Thorpeness. The Thorpe life-boat was speedily launched, and proceeded to her aid, taking off her crew...
H.M.T. Francolin
FEBRUARY 27TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. A t 4.30 P.M. a message came from the Yarmouth coastguard asking for the services of the lifeboat to bring ashore an injured man from H.M.T. Francolin, off Wellington Pier. It was low...
Windermere (1)
NOVEMBER 22ND. - WICKLOW. At 10 in the morning distress signals were made by the motor schooner Windermere, of Arklow, a mile N.N.E. of Wicklow pier, and the motor life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched immediately. A strong S.S.E. gale was...
CROSS-CHANNEL SERVICE
PENARTH AND PORTISHEAD | 13 MARCH
RNLI crews from both sides of the Bristol Channel worked together to help a yacht that was taking on water 2 miles off Cardiff. Penarth volunteers refloated the grounded vessel and escorted her...
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H.M. Minesweeper Grenadier
JULY 31ST. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL. At 5.45 in the afternoon a message was received from the coastguard that a minesweeper was approaching, and needed a doctor for a case of suspected appendicitis. A light northeast wind was blowing, and the...