LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Military Cutbacks!
Thought you might be interested in this one for the next issue of the Lifeboat magazine.
We've heard of military cutbacks but this takes the biscuit. A kite assisted rescue helicopter.
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Category: Photographs
EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons)
EPIRBs (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacons) are portable satellite communication units (see a selection below), designed to send an automated distress signal to search and rescue authorities ashore. The RNLI recommends that small... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Matthew and Edward, and Jean and Barbara
AUGUST 11TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
At 9 in the morning the coxswain was told that two boats were out fishing. A strong N.W. wind was then blowing, with a rough sea, and after consultation with the coastguard, it was decided...
North Star
JANUARY 2 7TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
From noon onwards a watch was kept for the local motor fishing boat North Star. A strong north-north-east gale was blowing, with a rough sea and snow showers, and all the other boats had...
A Rubber Dinghy
NOVEMBER 17TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 10.8 A.M. the naval officer in charge at Ramsgate sent a message through the coastguard that an object. like a rubber boat was drifting two and a half miles north of Foreness.
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Jessica, of Newhaven
OCTOBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 8.50 at night a message was received from the Southern Railway Company that a small yacht had fired distress signals off the east pier. A west-north-west breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
George and Mary of Hull
On the night of the 25th October, 1859, the sloop George and Mary, of Hull, was driven ashore near Filey, in a heavy gale from the eastward.
On her showing a light as a signal of dis- tress, the Filey life-boat was manned...
A Dinghy (2)
JULY 24TH. - ABERDEEN. At 9.5 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had seen a yellow dinghy about seven miles to the south-east of Aberdeen.
At 9.25 the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance was...
TRAPPED IN AN INFERNO
EASTBOURNE | 22 MARCH
Two men in Eastbourne had a lucky escape when their motor cruiser went up in flames. Local fishermen pulled them to safety and used the cruiser’s anchor to prevent it from drifting towards the pier. There was...
Category: Articles
A Vessel (36)
DECEMBER 6TH. - PORT ASKAIG, ARGYLLSHIRE. A vessel was reported to need help off Skerryvore Lighthouse, but no definite position could be given ; visibility was nil, and the life-boat abandoned the search. A second message was received that...