LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Beaver
HUSBAND SURVIVED At 8.45 a.m. on 19th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser anchored half a mile offshore, two miles north of Ardrossan, had run out of fuel and appeared to have lost a rudder. No other...
Two Brothers
On the 24th March the sea was very heavy from the early morning, and the coble Two Brothers, of North Sunderland, was the only one to go out, her lines having been shot overnight, and the crew were very anxious to get them. About noon the...
A Steamer (38)
OCTOBER 30TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE. A steamer had been reported drifting towards the shore near Duncansbay, but no trace of her could be found. - Rewards, £27..
A Tiger Moth Aircraft
Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 2.37 on the afternoon of the 8th of May, 1958, the Foreland coastguard told the honorary secretary that a Tiger Moth aircraft had crashed into the sea two miles south of the look-out. At 2.45 the life-boat...
Matador
At 6.15 P.M. on the 19th March a telephone message was received from Kentish Knock Light- vessel reporting that a barque, appar- ently on the Kentish Knock Sands, was burning flares for assistance. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Civil...
Fyne dining
Loch Fyne restaurants, long-standing supporters of the RNLI, are redoubling their efforts with a fundraising push this Autumn.
The company is challenging each of its 44 restaurants to raise £500 by the end of November...
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Fosdyke Trader
Caister, Norfolk. At 4.10 on the morning of the 26th of January, 1958, the Great Yarmouth coastguard told the coxswain that the motor vessel Fosdyke Trader of Hull was aground on Caister shoal 400 yards west-north-west of Caister Elbow buoy....
Staronia
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire - At 1.42 a.m. on 2nd August, 1966, a vessel was reported ashore off Cairnbulg point.
There was a slight sea. It was high water.
The life-boat The Duchess of Kent proceeded at...
Nanica
TWO MEN RESCUED FROM SAILING DINGHY New Brighton, Cheshire. About five o'clock on the afternoon of the 29th April, 1963, the Wallasey police informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was seen to be in trouble off the auxiliary...
Two Vessels (2)
AUGUST 14TH. - APPLEDORE, AND CLOVELLY, DEVON, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
About 7.10 in the evening information from the naval authorities was received at both Clovelly and Padstow that two vessels were sinking, as a result of...