LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Boat
On the 27th December, during a heavy gale of wind, the Civil Service life-boat went off, and brought safely ashore 9 men from the Dogger Bank. They had been employed there by the Wexford Harbour Commissioners, and were unable to reach the...
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures In 1985 RNLI lifeboats have so far launched 1,834 times, saving 762 lives.
In 1984 lifeboats launched 3,613 times (an average of nearly ten times a day) and saved 1,330 lives (an average of over three...
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Therese Emile Yuon
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 23rd of February, 1955, the trawler Therese Emile Yuon, of Concarneau, France, whose engine had broken down, was seen to break adrift from a Howth fishing boat, which was towing her towards...
Auspicity
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.58 on the morning of the 28th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred between a tanker and a trawler off Point of Ayre. The tanker Auspicity of London had been...
Candourity
STANDING BY MOTOR VESSEL IN GALE Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. At 6.40 on the evening of the 8th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain that the master of the motor vessel Candourity of London had asked for the life-boat to stand...
Emlyn
At about 10 P.M. on the 12th November Coxswain Howells observed the steamer Emlyn, of • Cardiff, burning flares for assistance, and he at once assembled the crew of the Motor Life-boat Charterhouse. The boat proceeded to the vessel, which...
Nola and Gay Rig
LIFE-BOAT OUT TO THREE YACHTS IN ONE NIGHT Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 7.21 on the evening of the 2nd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a smail yacht with a split sail half a mile off Sandown needed help. At...
Property Salvage
IN THE DOGHOUSE—One particular boat's crew of the Royal National Life-boat Institution is in dead trouble. It rescued the crew of a cabin cruiser from a dangerous situation—which, of course, was regarded as meritorious and praiseworthy...
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Ryal
MARCH 26TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 7.17 A.M. a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that distress signals were being made by a vessel off Caister. A fresh N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, At...
Blakeney Dawn
TOW FOR MOTOR CRUISER FOUND BY LIGHTVESSEL The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 10.5 on the night of the 12th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen about six miles east-south-east of the Scar...