LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane’s Rubber Dinghy
JANUARY 22ND. - MARGATE, KENT. At 11.10 A.M. the resident naval officer asked that the life-boat should be sent to a position three miles N. by W. of Margate, where an aeroplane’s yellow rubber dinghy had been seen. A S.W. wind was blowing,...
Premier
MAY 27TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
At daybreak the coble Premier had gone out to attend to her crab pots. By 8.30 there was thick fog and a heavy sea was breaking at the pier head. There was a breeze from the north-east....
Kathleen
NOVEMBER 19TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. The local fishing coble Kathleen was still at sea at dusk. The tide was ebbing fast and there was a heavy swell. It was thought advisable for the motor life-boat to put out and at 4.15 the Herbert Joy...
Called away from Ceremony
Just after the opening ceremony for Exmouth RNLI’s new boathouse, the crews’ pagers went off and guests saw both lifeboats launched on a real rescue.
A catamaran sailor had been injured and was picked up by a passing...
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Fishing Boats (5)
DECEMBER 1ST. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
While the local fishing cobles were out, wind and sea increased, and some of the boats returned, but five stayed out. By 1 P.M. a strong N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and at 1.30...
Cliff walker revived
TREGANTLE BEACH | 21 JUNE
A woman who’d collapsed while walking up the cliff from Tregantle Beach in Cornwall was given emergency first aid by RNLI lifeguards. They moved the woman out of the...
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Zuiderhaven
MAY 21ST. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
At 9 A.M. a naval establishment onshore reported through the coastguard that a vessel was signalling for a doctor. The weather was fine, with a light N.E. wind and a smooth sea. With a...
SWEPT FROM A BREAKWATER
PORTHCAWL | 16 DECEMBER
A fisherman was knocked off his feet and dragged into the sea after a large wave swept over a breakwater. Within minutes the crew of Porthcawl’s inshore lifeboat were on their way, and found him drifting a...
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Fishing Boats
MARCH 1ST. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
The Staithes fishing fleet put to sea about eight in the morning in rough weather. By 9.30 the wind had increased to a north-north-west gale, bringing with it a very rough sea, and at...
An Aeroplane (67)
AUGUST 25TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
At 1.32 A.M. the coastguard reported an aeroplane down in the sea. The weather was calm. The motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Philpott was launched at 2 A.M. When she was off Ecclesbourne...