LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Dungeness, Kent. At 7.10 on the evening of the 17th of April, 1960, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized off Dymchurch. Ten minutes later the life-boat Mabel E. Holland was launched in a moderate...
A Life-Boat Crew at Stockport
THIS year marks the twenty-fifth anni- versary of the formation of the Stock- port crew of life-boat auxiliaries. In 1936 three young men were asked to collect on Stockport life-boat day. The following year they were asked again and with a...
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A Steamer (5)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—1st October. A steamer had appeared to be aground, but was found to be at anchor very close to Scroby Sands.—Rewards, £10 17s..
A Fishing Boat and a Steamer
Torbay (Devon).
Between the 5th and the 7th December, with a strong gale blowing the whole time and a very heavy sea, the Torbay Motor Life-boat was out on service four times. She was out _for two hours on the 5th, rescuing...
The Propulsion of Life-Boats
IT will doubtless be in the memory of some of our readers that in April, 1886, the General Committee of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION ap- pointed a sub-committee to inquire into the practicability of applying steam to Life-boats....
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A Fishing Boat (4)
SEPTEMBER 3RD. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.
A fishing boat had been disabled by nets fouling her propeller, but another fishing boat towed her into harbour. - Rewards, £8 7s. 6d..
A Motor Boat
Exmouth, Devon-At 1.45 a.m. on 3rd June, 1968, the coastguard reported that a motor boat from Dawlish with two people on board was overdue from a fishing trip. The life-boat Michael Stephens slipped her moorings at 2.15. It was two hours...
A Vessel (1)
2nd October. Vessel found to be a derelict, her crew having been rescued by a trawler.—Rewards, £14 13s..
A Fishing Boat (3)
29th November. A fishing boat ran ashore, but a motor- boat rescued the crew.—Rewards, £15 9s..