LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Holliwell
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 4.19 on the afternoon of the 22nd of July, 1954.
the coastguard telephoned that the Mid-Barrow lightvessel had wirelessed that the motor cruiser Holliwell, which had broken down with a crew of...
Venus II
PROPELLER WAS FOULED At 8.40 a.m. on ist June, 1964, the local motor fishing vessel Venus II reported to Whitby harbour by radio telephone that she had fouled her propeller with crab pots. Twenty minutes later the life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth...
Snowdrop
Dunbar, East Lothian - At 7.30 a.m.
on 15th June, 1967, it was learned that the motor fishing vessel Snowdrop which had grounded on Tynningham sands could not be refloated despite attempts by local fishing boats. It was...
Pace
Swanage, Dorset - At 6 p.m. on i6th July, 1967, news was received that the yacht Pace was broken down and becalmed and in danger of being swept on to the rocks at Anvil Point. The life-boat R.L.P. was launched at 6.10. It was one hour after...
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APRIL 9TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 4.30 in the afternoon a report was received through the Abergele police and the Rhyl coastguard that people had seen an airman come down by parachute into the sea off...
Georges Edouard
JANUARY 4TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At 8.45 P.M. the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore off the York Hotel, Eastbourne. A light N.E. wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea. The motor life-boat Jane Holland...
An Examination Vessel
NOVEMBER 12TH. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. The motor life-boat Queen Victoria, on temporary duty at Shoreham, was lying alongside Benes Wharf, Kingston, in an exposed position. The weather was severe, and as the life-boat might have received...
A Small Motor Boat (1)
JUNE 28TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 11.55 at night on the 27th the Foreland coastguard reported that a small motor boat, with four people on board, had left Wootton at 5.30 that afternoon for Bembridge and had not arrived. The motor...
Jane Kilgour
BROADSTAIRS. — Signals having been shown by the barque Jane Kilgour, of Dundee, during a strong gale from the N.E., snow squalls and a very heavy sea, on the 4th February, the Life-boat Christopher Waud, Sradford, was launched at 1.30 P.M.,...
Associate Membership
The Committee of the Association has decided with regret to discontinue this grade of membership since a subscription of -£ is insufficientto cover the free quarterly issue of THE LIFE-BOAT and to cover administrative costs. Existing...
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