LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Boat
JUNE 22ND. - TOBERMORY, ARGYLLSHIRE.
Two young men had gone out fishing in a small sailing boat on the previous day, and when they did not return a party searched the coast. A dog which had gone with them returned alone, a...
The Motor Fishing Boats Pilot Me and Provider
Whitby, Yorkshire.—As the tide ebbed during the afternoon of the 8th April, 1938, a rough sea began to break heavily outside the pier ends, making the harbour entrance dangerous. • A strong N.
breeze was blowing. The motor...
When a Child Became Sick Aboard the Educational Cruise Ship Dunera In July, 1966, She Altered Course to Rendezvous With the Lowestoft Life-Boat Three Miles Off The Coast
When a child became sick aboard the educational cruise ship Dunera in July, 1966, she altered course to rendezvous with the Lowestoft life-boat three miles off the coast. - View image in PDF
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Category: Photographs
Carmela
Plymouth, Devon.—On the night of the 18th July flares were reported from the eastern end of the breakwater. A moderate S.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain. The motor life-boat Robert and Marcella Beck put off at 11.50...
The Cutter-rigged Yacht Velma
YACHT TOWED CLEAR IN GALE Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.55 on the evening of the llth August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had gone aground some thirty or forty yards off St. Osyth beach. Of her crew of...
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Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 10.30 on the morning of the 3rd of April, 1958, the motor mechanic was told that the body of a man had been seen in the sea at Arklow Rock. The Civic Guards were informed and they replied that the body could not be...
A Cabin Cruiser
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex - At 5.54 a.m. on 26th January, 1967, news was received that a cabin cruiser with three persons on board was long overdue. The life-boat Sir Geoffrey Baring was launched at 6.25 in a light wind and a slight sea. It was...
Motor Fishing Vessels
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.50 on the afternoon of the 4th of April, 1958, the life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was launched in a rough sea, with a moderate east-north-easterly gale blowing and an ebb tide. She escorted five motor...
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10th No- vember. Unannounced gunnery trials were thought to be signals of distress.
—Rewards, £14 Os. 6d..
A Raft
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 5.55 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1953, the Civic Guard reported that three boys were adrift on a raft off Arklow beach, and that a man had swum to them, but had returned to the shore for help. At 6.7 the life...