LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
United States Life-Saving Service
IN the Report of the General Superin- tendent of the Life-saving Service, it is stated that there were at the close of the last flscal year 194 stations, 149 being on the Atlantic, 37 on the Lakes, 7 on the Pacific, and 1 at the Falls of the...
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Wave Crest
Coxswain John Swan of the Lowestoft Life-boat Kentwell was called out by the beach- men at 4.30 P.M. on the 15th February and informed that a vessel was aground at the entrance to the harbour. The Life-boat was launched without loss of time,...
Yla Section
A night rescue operation had its sequel at Portsmouth when the Commanding Officer of a Royal Naval frigate handed over a cheque for £100 to the Royal National Life-boat Institution. The Frigate, H.M.S. Naiad, was on her way to...
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Nicolinda
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.25 on the night of the 13th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the Norwegian tanker Sagona that red flares had been seen east of the West Sunk...
Silver Line, Boys Own, Quest and Margaret Ann
Flamborough, Yorkshire. Towards noon on the morning of the 26th of September, 1959, the weather grew worse at a time when several local fishing cobles were still at sea. The sea was rough, there was a strong northerly wind, and it was high...
Nimble Wisbee
TRIMARAN SAVED Dover, Kent. At 4.22 a.m. on loth April, 1965, a resident at Folkestone informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen off Folkestone. The life-boat Southern Africa proceeded at 4.55 in a strong...
Kongo and Two Motor Fishing Vessels
YACHT AND TWO FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Bridlington, Yorkshire. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 3rd August 1962, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small sailing yacht had been seen passing Spurn Point and...
H.M. Trawler Alder
OCTOBER 22ND. - FRASERBURGH, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 2.5 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Kinnaird Head that a red flare had been seen off Cairnbulg Briggs, near the beacon, and at 2.30 A.M. the motor life-boat John and Charles...
On the Road
Mobile Training Unit No. 7 (MTU 7) is one of eight RNLI mobile training units which are dedicated to providing training for lifeboat crews at their own stations. The units vary in size from a small van (MTU 8) to large mobile classroom units...
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Books
• Wooden Boats and Men of Steel tells the story of Withernsea lifeboats from 1862 to 1913 when the station was closed and the lifeboat transferred to Easington. Paul Baker is very much involved with the present day Withernsea lifeboat...
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