LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Canoe
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 12.32 on the afternoon of the 18th of Sep- tember, 1953, the coastguard tele- phoned that a canoe had capsized fifty yards off the harbour, and that a man was clinging to it. Five minutes later the life-boat Rosa...
Beaulieu Boat Jumble
Beaulieu Boat Jumble must surely be the biggest jumble sale of nautical goods in the country, if not the world! The 1985 jumble, held in March, raised £2,000 for Lymington branch made up as follows: £1,013 from jumble sales,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Jane Ann
On the 14th May, at about 11 P.M., signals of distress were shown from a vessel in Carnarvon Bay, apparently at a distance of seven or eight miles from Porthdinllaen. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the N.N.E., and a heavy sea was...
Brightening Village Life
IT has long been the basis of the Institution's appeal for support that there is not a man or woman in these islands—dependent as they are on overseas trade for their prosperity— who does not directly or indirectly benefit by the...
Category: Articles
Woolwich Infant
At 9.30 A.M. on the 4th April, during a moderate E.N.E. gale and rough sea, the ketch Woolwich Infant, of Falmouth, parted her cable and drifted rapidly towards the Cowloe Rocks. A signal of distress was hoisted, and in response the...
Good Hope
At 6.10 a.m. on 5th June, 1966, a message was received that the m.f.v.
Good Hope had reported by radio telephone that she had run out of fuel while on passage from Jersey to Plymouth, and was drifting about 15 miles off...
A Vessel (10)
Nov. 23RD. - MARGATE, KENT. A message had been received from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking four miles east of the Tongue Light-vessel. The life-boat was launched at 4.15 P.M. When she reached the position given she could see a...
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Racing Dinghies (1)
Five lifeboats rescue racing dinghies Lifeboats from Hartlepool.Teesmouth and Redcar launched to help 30 dinghies that capsized in gale-force winds on 28 August. The dinghies, competing in a 100-strong race in Hartlepool Bay, were caught out...
Meduce
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1958, the St. Agnes coastguard informed the coxswain that a French fishing boat was anchored in the Cove with her engine broken down. A later message was passed...