LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ada
ST. MARY'S, SCILLY ISLANDS.—The Life-boat Henry Dundaa put off at about 11 A.M. on the 1st February, and for some hours remained by the ketch Ada, of Gloucester, which had anchored in a bad position in St.
Mary's...
St. Gowan Lightvessel
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—At 11.35 on the morning of the 22nd of March, 1956, the Superintendent of Trinity House at Swansea asked if the life- boat would land a sick man from the St. Gowan lightvessel. At 11.50 the life-boat Henry Comber Brown...
Sea King
YACHT'S CREW FOUND EXHAUSTED Hastings, Sussex. Following a telephone call from the motor mechanic to the honorary secretary at 5.0 on the afternoon of Tuesday the 3rd September, 1963, it was decided to launch the lifeboat M.T.C.,...
Blue Falcon
Holyhead, Anglesey - At 7.51 a.m.
on 8th April, 1967, a small vessel was reported to be firing distress rockets off Wylfa head. A helicopter reported that the vessel was down by the head. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha...
Pass-o-Leny (1)
DEC. 1ST. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.45 A.M. the Lytham secondcoxswain reported a vessel ashore by Peet’s Light, south of the 12th Mile Beacon. A S.W.
gale was blowing, with a heavy...
Seamist
Damaged steering YARMOUTH COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat station at 0236 on Monday May 3, 1982, that the yacht Seamist of Rhu had sustained damage to her steering gear two hours earlier on...
New Leader
On the morning of the 18th March, when it was blowing hard from the N.N.E. with snow showers, signals of distress were observed on the ketch New Leader, of Ramsey, which was riding in the South Bay about 100 yards from the Queen's Pier....
Golden Rule II and Dawn
The Motor Life- boat John and William Mudie was launched at 8.45 A.M. and again at 10.30 A.M. on 12th May, in a strong S.E. breeze with a very heavy sea and escorted into harbour the local fishing boats Golden Rule II. and Dawn.
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Tranquillity
Barrow, Lancashire.—At 9.30 on the morning of the 22nd of July, 1954, the Walney Island coastguard telephonedthat a fishing vessel was reported to have been at anchor five miles north- by-east of Selker buoy since the prev- ious afternoon...
Next generation is born
Sea trials of the prototype Shannon class lifeboat are underway. She is pictured here proving her ability to selfright.
This new all-weather lifeboat class, due to go into service next year, will be powered by waterjets,...
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