LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wanganui
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1957, the watchman on the east pier tele- phoned that a motor yacht off Main Sands between Ramsgate and Broad- stairs was burning flares. Ten minutes later the life-boat Michael...
Mary (1)
Filey, Yorkshire.—About half past three in the afternoon on the 14th of November, 1949, the coastguard tele- phoned that the life-boat coxswain at Flamborough had reported a fishingcoble, broken down but under sail, a mile north-east of the...
Coxswain Robert Cross
Coxswain Robert Cross, who had the remarkable distinction of twice winning the gold medal for gallantry, died at the age of 88 on I4th June, 1964. He was former coxswain of the Humber life-boat.
He joined the life-boat crew...
Category: Obituaries
Sunset Over Kent
A photograph taken by Mr. L. H. Shelvey, honorary secretary at Walmer, from the life-boat as she was returning from the Goodwin Sands. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
None
Eastbourne, Sussex.—13th July. A drifting survey buoy had been reported by an aircraft as an object flying a distress signal.—Rewards, £17 8s. 6d..
Squall
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 8.15 on the morning of the 3rd of Septem- ber, 1954, the coxswain noticed that the yacht Squall, of Belfast, which was anchored in the harbour, was dragging towards the pier. At 8.30 the life-boat Douglas...
A Sailing Dinghy (3)
TWO RESCUED Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 5.12 p.m. on 18th August, 1965, the harbour office reported that a boat had capsized behind the west pier. The life-boat Dunleary II went out at 5.20 in a gentle westerly breeze and a choppy sea. The...
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Andy
Swanage, Dorset.—At about 2.50 P.M.
on the 17th July, 1938, the St.
Albans Head coastguard reported that a cabin cruiser two or three miles S.E.
of the Head was making signals of distress...
A Rubber Dinghy
Dungeness, Kent. At 5.20 on the afternoon of the 29th of June, 1959, thecoastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small rubber dinghy was being blown out to sea one mile off St.
Mary's Bay and that a child was...
None (3)
Stromness, Orkney.—25th July. A boat with a man on board was reported to be in distress in Hoy Sound, but nothing could be found, nor was any boat missing.—Rewards, £4 13s. 6d..