LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Margate, Kent. At 10.15 on the morning of the 28th of July, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a message had been received from the Tongue lightvessel that a yacht was in difficulties one mile east of the lightvessel...

ESCORT FOR COBLE IN ROUGH SEA Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th December, 1962, the harbour master informed the coxswain that a local fishing coble, Buena Fortuna, appeared to be in difficulties off...

APRIL DURING April life-boats were launched 26 times and rescued 22 lives.

THREE MEN RESCUED FROM SAILING BOAT Margate, Kent.—At 2.50 on the after- noon of the 1st of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that he had...

1964 WAS a record year with more launches by rescue craft of the R.N.L.I. than ever before. In 1965 a similar pattern seems to be developing. In two of the three months covered by this edition of THE LIFE-BOAT records were again established....

DIFFICULT CONDITIONS OVER BAR Crew member leaps aboard casualty from C class inflatable Helmsman Peter Heading and Crew Member Robert Gorman of Aberystwyth lifeboat station have been awarded the RNLI's Bronze medal for Gallantry...

1st April to 30th June.

Greater London.

GREATER LONDON. — Meeting of London members of the Ladies' Lifeboat Guild at the house of the Duchess of Sutherland, President of the...

Sheringham, Norfolk. — About six o'clock on the morning of the 29th of June, 1953, six local fishing boats put to sea in fair weather, but a swell developed and it became misty. At ten o'clock a man told the life-boat honorary...

TOW FOR YACHT IN ROUGH SEA Runswick, Yorkshire. At two o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th April, 1962, the coxswain and other members of the life-boat crew saw a yacht in difficulties north of Staithes. The honorary secretary was...