LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Kayak
On Sunday 11 June 2006, a man launched his flat-topped kayak at Perranporth in Cornwall in anticipation of an afternoon's fun. Soon however he was overwhelmed by 2m surf. It washed him, out of control, round into a rocky cove and threw...
Services by Auxiliary Rescue-boats
Launches 16 Lives rescued 11 INISHBOFIN, CO. GALWAY. During the morning of the 4th of January, 1943, the Valentia radio received a message that the Barrister, of Liverpool, was ashore off Skird Rocks. Later the position was given Inishshark...
Category: Services
Classification of Services and Lives Saved By Life-Boats
CATEGORY (1) Naval vessels . .
(2) Foreign going merchant vessels (3) Home trade merchant vessels . .
(4) Commercial fishing vessels (5) Powered pleasure craft . .
(6) Sailing pleasure...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
THURSDAY, 8th October, 1903.
Sir EDWARD BIRKBECK, Bart., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Also read those of the Building, Finance and...
Category: Committee
Lifeboat Small Ads
LIFEBOAT SMALL ADS TO HELP YOU FIND YOUR WAY THE PRISMATIC HAND-HELD MARCHING COMPASS This brass compass is made in England to an extremely high standard of specification and is an improved version of the 'Standard Service Type...
Category: Advertisement
A Vessel (22)
JUNE 25TH. SALCOMBE, DEVON. The coastguard had reported a vessel in distress off Start Point, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £3 18s..
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Category: Advertisement
Old and New Passing Through
Caught on camera at Kirwall Harbour is the station's new Severn 1 class lifeboat, Margaret Foster, (centre) which arrived in March 1998.
She is joined by the ex- Kirkwall Arun class lifeboat, Mickie... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Helicopter
Helicopter crash A MAYDAY distress call from the cockle boat Vallan reporting seeing a helicopter crash on Gat Sand, in the Wash, was intercepted by Yarmouth Coastguard at 1424 on Sunday June 26. A helicopter from RAF Coltishall just...
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AUGUST 31ST. - BALTIMORE, CO CORK. An explosion had been heard and a flare seen, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £11 16s..