LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (63)
AUGUST 16TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
Shortly after 7 P.M. information was received from the coastguard and them ilitary authorities that an aeroplane had crashed.
The coxswain, who had seen a British fighter...
To Residents on the Coast
It is anticipated that not the least inte- resting and instructive page of our Journal will be that which is devoted to Corres- pondence. Knowledge gained by expe- rience and personal observation is always valuable, and especially is it so...
Category: Articles
Tinker
At 1.15 A.M. on the 23rd August the coxswain was told by the coastguard that a small vessel was burning distress signals about one mile N.E. of Lade coastguard station, A moderate southerly gale was blowing, with a choppy sea, and thick rain...
Fishing Boats (5)
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 8.16 on the morning of the 7th of December, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing coble had run aground at the harbour entrance, and that the coast- guard Life-Saving Apparatus Com- pany had been called...
R.A.F. Speed-Boats
Exmouth, and Torbay, Devonshire.— * 18th October, 1939. A message was received, at 7.25 in the evening from the R.A.F. that two of their speed- boats had broken down twelve miles S.W. of Beer Head and the motor life- boat was launched with...
Bun Brosna
Galway Bay. At 10.15 a-m- on 3fd September, 1965, Valentia Radio informed the honorary secretary that a fishing vessel was in distress half a mile south of North Aran lighthouse. There was a strong north-westerly breeze with a rough sea. The...
Ocean 7 (Wireless Transmitting Station Radio 270)
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 4.20 p.m. on I5th July, 1967, information was received that a member of the crew of the motor vessel Ocean 7 (Wireless transmitting Station Radio 270) had collapsed and needed medical attention. The lifeboat...
Hero and Louisa
MARGATE.—On the 24th November, during a strong gale increasing to a hurricane from E.N.E., with heavy squalls of rain and sleet, and a high sea, at about 9.30 p.n.,the Quiver Life-boat was launched in reply to signals of distress, and...
M.V. Andoni (1)
Tow by tug IN VERY BAD WEATHER on the evening of Thursday December 9, 1982, the 500 ton coaster MV Andoni suffered engine failure and anchored 2Vz miles south of Shoreham Harbour. She was seen by Coxswain Kenneth Everard of Shoreham Harbour...
August and the S.S. Norma
On the following day the gale still continued, and as it was reported that several vessels were ashore along the coast, and that others were in danger, the crews of the Life-boats assembled in readiness for service. At about 10 A.M. the brig...