LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Our Boys
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.45 on the night of the 24th of March, 1949, the coastguard reported that a small vessel was burning flares about two miles south-west of the harbour. The life- boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was launched at 8.58 in a...
Mediator
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.15 in the morning on the llth of December, 1949, the coastguard reported that a lighter was drifting in the fairway near the east Ouze buoy. At 7.45 the life- boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3, was...
Westmark
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—-At 5.10 in the evening on the 8th of May, 1951, flashes were reported from the motor fishing boat Westmark, of Milford Haven, which had been at anchor off Aberystwyth harbour but seemed to have dragged. At 5.28...
Askadel
Dunbar, East Lothian. At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 18th June, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a yacht had been seen trying to make harbour. A westerly gale was blowing with a rough sea. At 1.50 the life-boat...
Kiti
TOW FOR YACHT WITH THREE ABOARD Dungeness, Kent. At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 16th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulty off the power station. The life-boat Mabel...
A Plastic Bath
At 1.28 p.m. on 14th August, 1969, the police informed the honorarysecretary that some young children were reported to be adrift in a small boat off Gailes shore. The life-boat Connel Elizabeth Cargill slipped her moorings at 1.35. It was...
Landes
The motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston put out at 4.54 A.M. on the 3rd January, as the Hoylake coastguard had tele- phoned that the steamer Landes, of Liverpool, was ashore on the revetment, with a heavy list, and wanted immedi- ate...
A Canoe
Falling tide, rising tide ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO after West Kirby lifeboat crew had been receiving instruction on mouth to mouth resuscitation from their divisional inspector, Cdr George Cooper, on Thursday March 6, and while they were still...
News
Two Gold Medals Readers may remember mention in the winter 2003/04 issue of the Lifeboat of an appeal to provide a statue to the late Die Evans MBE. Thanks to the generosity of many, the dream became a reality in November 2004 when HRH...
Category: Articles
Gustava
BALLYCOTTON, IRELAND. — At about 5 P.M. on the 21st October, the barque Gustava,, of Laurvig, Norway, bound from Cardiff to the Baltic via Cork, with coal, was seen standing in for Ballycotton Sound. A pilot went off to her in a whaleboat,...