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When a kitesurfer was pulled to safety by Fraserburgh volunteers off the coast of Aberdeenshire last June, a major milestone was passed.
Bodgan Bocaneala (pictured) got entangled with his lines while kitesurfing in...
Category: Articles
Bonnie Lass
THURSO, — Flare lights were burnt by the schooner Bonnie Lass, of Wick, bound for Castle Hill, in ballast, which was riding in Scrabster Eoadstead, during a violent gate from the N.W., and a terrible sea on the 2nd February. The Life-boat...
Fleetwood - Mersey Class Fisherman's Friend
The Mersey class Fisherman's Friend lies in the marina at Fleetwood under the watchful eye of the band during her naming ceremony. ( Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
M.V. Timber Skipper
Standing by ON TUESDAY, January 14, at 0345, Rosslare Harbour honorary secretary received a telephone message from Rosslare Pier that MV Timber Skipper of London, carrying a crew of seven, had gone aground in very high seas 4 nautical miles...
Henri Altazin
Humber, Yorkshire - At 3.45 p.m.
on 2nd June, 1967, it was reported that there was a sick man on board the French trawler Henri Altazin. The trawler was due to arrive at the Spurn lightvessel at 2 a.m. on 3rd June. The life...
A Yacht
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 9.54 on the morning of the 9th of July, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized off Brooklands Jaywick and that her crew were clinging to the keel. The life- boat Sir Godfrey...
Warwick Deeping
Wick, Caithness-shire,—At 2.12 on the morning of the 5fch of February, 1957, the Wick coastguard telephoned that the trawler Warwick Deeping, of Hull, was some fifty miles south of Dennis Head with her port side damaged. At 2.54 the...
Sand Runner
LISTING VESSEL Selsey, and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 2.20 a.m. on 5th December, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary at Selsey that Niton radio station had received a distress call from the motor vessel Sand Runner, of Goole....
Welcome
After an action-packed summer on the water, autumn finds us in a reflective mood
As we sent Lifeboat to print, the sun had been baking the UK and Ireland for weeks. And we weren’t complaining! But warm weather draws crowds...
Category: Articles
A Boat
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 10.5 on the night of the 4th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small boat with three people on board was drifting off Pen Anglas. The life-boat Howard Marryat was launched at 10...