LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 2.40on the afternoon of the 26th of April, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a sailing dinghy, with two children on board, had capsized half a mile off shore opposite King's Drive,...
William, of Liverpool
On the 24th July, at 8 P.M., a flat was seen to drive into broken water on the Barnard Wharf Sand, off Fleetwood. The Fleetwood life-boat proceeded at once to her aid ; she proved to be the William, of Liverpool, coal...
Rescued From Rocks
Two boaters stranded on a small pinnacle of rocks in choppy seas were glad to see Trearddur Bay’s B class lifeboat Dorothy Selina on 23 October.
Their boat had suffered engine failure, smashed against the rocks and...
Category: Articles
A British Warwick Aeroplane
APRIL 17TH. - NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.
Early in the morning a crash was heard by the coastguard, but the weather was foggy and he could see nothing. He made enquiries but learnt nothing. At 9.33 the life-boat honorary secretary...
The Sisters
The James Stevens No. 9 Life-boat was called out by distress signals from the Nore Light- vessel at about 5.30 A.M. on the 8th February. On the arrival of the Life- boat the master at the Nore reported that he was repeating signals from the...
Sofie
At 6.45 P.M. on the 6th July a message was received from the Coastguard at Walton that the Gunfleet Lighthouse had reported a vessel ashore on the Sunk Sands. The sea was smooth, with a swell on the Sands, and a moderate...
I Was Rescued By The Padstow Lifeboat In 1968 [pictured]
I was rescued by the Padstow lifeboat in 1968 [pictured] when I was 20, together with five members of my extended family . - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Drifter
Hartlepool, Durham.—18th June, 1938.
A drifter had run aground in calm, foggy weather, but was refloated with the help of a tug.—Rewards, £4 16*. 6d..
George, of Sunderland
The Grocers life-boat .at Mnndesley saved 1 man from the brig George, of Sun- derfand, which was wrecked off that place.
None
On the even- ing of the 1st April, two soldiers were observed to be surrounded by the tide, on the North Warp Bank, about three miles from Flectwood. The Coastguard imme- diately launched their boat and went to the rescue ; they reached the...