LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
May
ESCORT FOR FISHING VESSEL IN TOW Campbeltown, Argyllshire. At 5.33 on the afternoon of the 5th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel had been seen firing red flares near Arranman's Barrels buoy...
Finetta
Eastbourne, Sussex.—At 8.55 on the evening of the 26th of April, 1956, the coastguard telephoned to say that the S.S. Emsworth had wirelessed for the help of the life-boat. She had picked up a man from the yacht Finetta, of Southampton. The...
Jacaranda
Harwich, Essex - At 11.4 a.m. on 28th September, 1969, it was learnt that a yacht was in difficulties 500 yards off the Sunk light vessel.
The crew of the light vessel had floated a line to the yacht and this had been...
Zair, of Maldon
AUGUST 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 7.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties east of Clacton pier, and that the Clacton life-boat was unable to launch, owing to the lowness of the tide. He asked...
The "Life-Boat Saturday" Movement Rapidly Developing
IN our Annual Report published in May special attention was drawn to the fact that the Committee had appointed Organising Secretaries to promote " Life- boat Saturday" demonstrations, and to form new inland Branches. Very en-...
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Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
STRONSAY, ORKNEY ISLANDS.—The ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a new Life-boat Station at Stronsay in order to strengthen the Life-boat service in the Orkney Islands.
The new Life-boat is of the Watson type,...
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A Powerboat Rescue By Ray Bulman
WHILE its popularity rise has not been quite so obvious when compared with the pleasure boating explosion as a whole, offshore powerboat racing today has a very strong coastwise following with events held every summer weekend at different...
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Blue Bell
PENZANCE.—The trawler Blue Bell, of Plymouth, returning to Penzance from the fishing grounds, went ashore on the Eastern Green about half-a-mile from Penzance, her cable having parted during a S.W. wind, squally weather, and a rough sea, oil...
Livingstone
LYDD, DUNGENESS. — The Life-boat David Hulett was launched on the 11th March, in reply to signals of distress, and proceeded to the ship Livingstone, of Yarmouth, N.S., which had stranded near No. 2 Battery, East Bay, Dungeness, during a...
Fishing Boats
SHERINGHAM.—A rough sea sprung up on the evening of the 16th August, and about fifteen or twenty fishing-boats were placed in danger. At 5,15 the Life-boat William Bennett was launched, eight minutes sufficing to get her afloat, took the...