LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Coble Gratitude
NOVEMBER 20TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 10.45 in the morning the life-boat crew were assembled, as anxiety was felt for the motor fishing coble Gratitude, which was at sea. A north-east gale was blowing, with heavy broken water. The...
Two Pals and Boy Ben
JULY 13TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. At 12.15 P.M. the coastguard at Fairlight reported that two small fishing boats were missing. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, but the weather was getting worse, and at 12.30 P.M. the...
Mercurius
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 11.20 on the night of the 15th of November, 1949, during a fog, the coastguard reported that two ships had been in collision off Thames Haven. As a result, four men were adrift in a ship's boat, others...
The S.S. Graiglas (1)
DECEMBER 3RD. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM, AND TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 4.56 in the morning the coastguard telephoned the life-boat station that two vessels appeared to be in danger, and twenty minutes later he asked that the life...
Halcyon (1)
SEPT. 27TH. - WALMER, AND RAMSGATE, KENT. At 6.45 A.M. the Deal coastguard reported a motor barge drifting ashore to the N.E. of their station. A heavy sea was running with a strong easterly wind.
At 7.5 A.M. the motor...
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RADIO COMMUNICATIONS A VITAL SERVICE TO THE R.N.L.I.
Coastal Radio - the privileged exclusive supplier of M.F. Radio and D.F.
equipment for over 180 R.N.L.I. Lifeboats over the past 15...
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Lifeboats in China
The RNLI has signed a new deal with the ChinaRescue and Salvage Bureau (CRS).
The deal builds on the agreement that has been in place between the two organisations for the past 5 years, which saw 20 ex-RNLI lifeboats make...
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Vieux Copains
Driven ashore THE HONORARY SECRETARY of Stornoway lifeboat station received a message from HM Coastguard at 0540 on Sunday, August 28, saying that a small foreign vessel, Vieux Copains, had gone aground at Battery Point at Stornoway Bay, one...
Anneliese K
COASTER ON ROCKS At 11.8 p.m. on 27th July, 1971, a German coaster was reported aground north of Staithes.The Runswick, Yorkshire, life-boat The Royal Thames was launched at 11.35. She found the motor vessel Anneliese K aground on Whitestone...