LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht Isidora
Shortly after midday on-the 10th. February a message was received, stating that a vessel was apparently on the North Buxey Sands, and the Life-boat Albert Edward was launched, but before she had proceeded far the vessel was forced by her...
Matchless
WHITBY.—On the 1st October, at 4 P.M., the Life-boat Harriott Forteath was launched and put four of the crew of a Cornish fishing-boat, the Matchless, on board their vessel, which was riding at anchor near Whitby Kock, and was in great...
Swindon's Flag Week Collections Lottery and Souvenir Sales Raised £103681 During the Week In April a Mercantile Credit Co Window Display Featured a Scale Model Li
Swindon's flag week collections, lottery and souvenir sales raised £1,036.81. During the week, in April, a Mercantile Credit Co window display featured a scale model lifeboat made by the late Ken Hemmings, who had been a branch... - View image in PDF
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Torbay, Devon. At 12.32 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1959, the coastguard told the coxswain that a man had fallen down to the foot of the cliffs at Sharkham Point. At 12.45 the life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent left...
Confide
Cloughey, Co. Down. At 5.5 on the afternoon of the 8th of October, 1959, the police at Portaferry informed the honorary secretary that flares had been seen off Strangford bar. At 5.30 the life-boat Constance Calverley was launched in a...
A Sailing Cutter
Reserve life-boat.—At 9.30 on the 10th of November, 1953, the reserve life- boat Thomas Markby put out from a shipbuilders' yard at Littlehampton in a swell and light south-south-east breeze. She was to undergo machin-ery trials...
A Rubber Dinghy
Hartlepool, Co. Durham.—At 12.45 on the afternoon of the 26th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the police had reported two boys drifting out to sea in a rubber dinghy off Seaton Carew. The life-boat The Princess Royal...
A Sailing Dinghy
Dunbar, East Lothian.—-At 6.25 on the evening of the 29th of August, 1956, the coastguard telephoned that a message had been received from the police that a sailing dinghy had cap- sized in Belhaven Bay. At 7.5 the life-boat George and Sarah...
A Sailing Boat
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At noon on the 23rd of September, 1956, the Dun- dee harbour police reported that a small sailing boat with two men on board was aground on Naughton sand- bank to the west of Tay Bridge. At 12.35 the life-boat Mono,...
A Navigation Barge
Lytham-St. Anne's, Lancashire.—At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of December, 1957, the police passed on to the coxswain a message from the navigation barge moored off Lytham that one of the watchmen had fallen and broken several ribs....