LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

RED FLARES SEEN The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 2.17 a.m. on 2nd March, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen off Rhosilly Point. There was a moderate southeasterly breeze with a corresponding...

Service by Oliver Harner _» History of the Royal National Life-boat Institution '.1824-1074.

Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...

Poole and Bournemouth, Dorset.—At about noon on the 22nd January, 1939, information was received through the coastguard that the motor launch Snapper, which was bound from Hamworthy to Southampton, was in diffi-culties off Boscombe Pier. A S...

Fishing party DUNGENESS LIFEBOAT, the 37ft 6in Rother Alice Upjohn, had launched on exercise on Thursday March 8 and was close to her station when, at 1700, two local fishermen on shore were seen waving. Second Coxswain Peter Thomas, in...

BY the death on the 16th of February, 1950, at the age of 73, of Mr. W. W.

Harris, M.B.E., of New Brighton and Liverpool, the Institution has lost one of its most energetic and devoted honorary secretaries. Mr. Harris, who...

At about 11 P.M. on the 13th September, lights being observed through the darkness, carried by some ship evidently drifting on the rocks, the Life-boat was launched, and on reaching the distressed vessel found that she was already ashore.<...

At 3.25 a.m. on igth June, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain that a red flare had been sighted some five miles from the coastguard lookout. The life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched at 3.52 in a gentle westerly wind and amoderate...