LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary Jones
On the evening of 20th February the Coxswain was in- formed by telephone from the Coast- guard Lookout that lights had been seen at sea. A few minutes later more lights and a rocket were seen in the direction of the Tongue Sand, and the...
Sutta
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 8.44 on the evening of the 29th of July, 1953, after the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 had been launched to the tanker San Cirilo, the coast- guard reported that a yacht was ashore on Red Sands. The...
Neula
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 11.12 on the morning of the 25th of April, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the fishing boat Neula, an ex-R.N.L.I.
life-boat formerly stationed at Aber- ystwyth, was flying a distress...
West Wind
Dover, Kent.—At 8.25 on the evening of the 17th of June, 1956, the Sandgatecoastguard rang up to say the auxi- liary yacht West Wind needed help three miles east of South Goodwin lightvessel. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 8.45 in...
Marie Grillon
LIFE-BOAT FINDS BODY THE recovery of charred wreckage and other evidence by the St. Helier, Jersey, life-boat Elizabeth Rippon—a 46-foot 9-inch Watson type —pointed to an explosion aboard the French yacht Marie Grillon reported missing on...
Taiseer
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 10.5 on the evening of the 17th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Taiseer, which was anchored at the entrance to St.
Ives harbour, was making distress...
Mary Joy, Hyperion, Margaret and Floreat
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — The motor life-boat Herbert Joy II was launched at noon on the 12th February, 1938, as the weather had got very bad, and the local motor fishing boats Mary Joy, Hyperion, Margaret and Floreat were at sea. A strong...
The Blue Funnel Vessel Ajax
At 5.46 p.m. on 5th March, 1967, news was received that the Holyhead pilot boat had broken down and required assistance.
The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland, on temporary duty at the station, was launched at 6...
Around the World In a Day?
Circumnavigate the world without ever leaving London - on 25 September the RNLI is cramming the entire planet into the confines of Battersea!. - View image in PDF
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Marie Bhan
Wick, Caithness-shire. At noon on the 6th of September, 1960, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a local fishing boat needed help ten miles south-east of Wick. The life- boat was not launched immediately as all the local...