LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Flamhorough, Yorkshire.—At about 10 P.M. on the 2nd April the coxswain received information of a steamer blowing, and believed to be ashore.

The weather was very foggy and a S.E.

wind was blowing, with a...

Plymouth, Devon.—At 1.18 A.M. on the 26th November, 1938, a message was received from the King's Harbour Master that it had been reported to him that a vessel was sounding her siren and was apparently in distress inshore. A whole S.W....

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Walton and Frinton, Essex; Margate, Ramsgate, and Walmer, Kent.— 27th October, 1937. During naval exercises fireworks were used by the Fleet without notice being given. They were taken for distress signals and these four motor life-boats...

TOW FOR TRAWLER Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 1.40 p.m.

on I4th October, 1963, the honorary secretary was told by the crew of a small yacht that a trawler had broken down about five miles east of Tenby. The lifeboat Henry Comber...

Appealing start The Crew Training Appeal is seeking funds to cover the cost of crew training at individual lifeboat stations and is approaching local businesses, trusts, and individuals for donations. It will cost some £20,000 for...

The sudden death has also taken place of Coxswain Hubert Distin, of the Salcombe life-boat, who was 52. He joined the life-boat crew under his coxswain father, Mr. Eddie Dustin, who is still alive..

Helmsman Eric T. Ward, St Ives, has been a member of the 35ft 6in Liverpool and then the 37ft Oakley lifeboat crew since 1964, serving as an emergency mechanic since 1980, and a member of the D class inflatable lifeboat crew since 1966; he... - View image in PDF