LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire. On the morning of the 17th October, 1961, the local fishing fleet were at sea when a north- north-westerly gale sprang up. The life- boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 11.45 in a very rough sea two hoursafter high...
Cygnet
Poole, Dorset. At 5.45 p.m. on i7th April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a message had been received that a yacht was aground on the Hook Sands. The life-boat Basset Green went out at 6.5 in a strong westnorth-...
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BODY SEEN At 10.5 a.m. on i3th September, 1965, the honorary secretary was told by the coastguard that the motor patrol vessel Annabel had reported seeing a body in Dunnet Bay. The life-boat Pentland (Civil Service No. 31) was launched at 10...
William and Martha
PROVIDED ESCORT At 7.35 a.m. on I2th March, 1966, the coxswain saw a local coble, William and Martha, at sea in deteriorating weather.
The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth launched at 7.45 in a strong to gale force wind from the...
Fishing Boats
At 12.30 p.m. on 9th March, 1967, five Arbroath fishing boats were approaching the harbour and, as the wind and sea had risen suddenly, the harbour entrance wasdangerous. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched at 12.35 in a gale...
Alex, North Star, Thankful, Dahlia, Chrystalite & Sceptre
J ANUARY 2 4 T H . - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at 12.35 P.M. in a strong S.E. wind, with a rough sea, to go to the help of seven local fishing boats, the Alex, North Star, Thankful, Dahlia,...
Sustainability: the long view
If you find it tricky to keep your landfill waste, carbon footprint and electricity bills to a minimum, spare a thought for the RNLI – we’ve got people and buildings all around the UK and Republic of Ireland. But we have a duty...
Category: Articles
The Bar Light-vessel
LANDING AN INJURED MAN IN A ROUGH SEA New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 8.45 in the morning of the 15th of November, 1947, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board asked for the life-boat to land the mate of the Bar Light-vessel, who had been severely...
Galilee
Whitby, Yorkshire.—About eight in the evening of the 20th of May, 1948, the local motor fishing vessel Galilee— which was out fishing and had in- tended staying at sea throughout the night—wirelessed that she would be returning to harbour....
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ELECTRICIANS TAKEN OFF LIGHT IN GALE Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 7.30 on the evening of the 14th December, 1962, the motor mechanic was told by the docks manager that two maintenance electricians were on Wyre light on routine maintenance work....