LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Filey, Yorkshire.—At 9.50 on the morning of the 25th of September, 1957, a message was received that alocal fishing coble was at sea in worsen- ing weather. The life-boat The Isa and Penryn Milsted was launched at 10.50 in a moderate sea....

Central Appeals (from page 102) being December 31, 1974. In this way it is hoped to raise enough money to have a lifeboat 'owned' by the knitters.

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Ilfracombe, Devon - At 2 p.m. on 3ist August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser was in difficulties off Rillage point. The life-boat Lloyd's II was launched at 2.10. The tide was flooding. The life...

HELICOPTER CAME At 2.12 p.m. on the following day the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small dinghy which had capsized in Whitecliff Bay had been righted but appeared to be in difficulties. There was a light westerly breeze with...

SEEN FROM LIGHTHOUSE At 2.57 a.m. on iyth August, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Altacarry lighthouse keeper had seen a flare half a mile north-north-west of the lighthouse. The wind was increasing from moderate to...

DECEMBER 13TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.

The district inspector was at the station preparing to take the life-boat out for exercise, when at 2.40 in the afternoon the coastguard reported the local fishing coble Windsor Lad in...

Expenditure was lower in 1940 because, owing to essential war work in the shipbuilding yards, the building of life-boats had to be greatly curtailed, and only half as much was spent under this heading as in the previous year. In spite of...

AUGUST 17TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 4.45 P.M. the naval authorities asked that the life-boat should be launched, as a body had been seen floating in the Cudd Channel.

A moderate N.W. breeze was blowing, but the see was...