LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Girl Petrina
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.16 on the afternoon of the 14th of March, 1959, the coaslguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from Buchanness lighthouse that the engine of a motor fishing vessel had broken down about a mile and...
Tern (1)
Coaster escort Another service which made the headlines was carried out by the Hastings and Eastbourne lifeboats on 14 November 1993.
The coaster Tern was badly down by the head and in severe difficulties 10 miles off the...
Oswy
On the 25th of February the brig Oswy, of Shoreham, being at anchor in a perilous position in the roads off Lowe- stoft, her crew hoisted signals of distress, when a yawl launched and proceeded to her aid, putting 6 hands on board to assist...
SPECIAL DELIVERY
SUNK BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
I thought it worth updating readers to let them know that, while many RNLI lifeboats have been lost when their service to the RNLI finished, the former Cardigan...
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Annie
During the after- noon of the 10th February anxiety was felt for the safety of the motor fishing boat Annie, of Montrose, which had put out for the fishing grounds in the morning and had not returned. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with...
Falcon
On the night of the 14th July the coastguard re- ported flares about three miles N.N.W.
of the look-out. The life-boat's officers were at sea, but a crew was collected and the motor life-boat Lord South- borough (Civil...
Sprite
APRIL 22ND. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. The coastguard kept a yacht under observation for some hours. The sea was very heavy, a N.W. gale was blowing, and it was decided to send out help. At 2.25 P.M.
the motor life-boat...
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Muddy waters Weston-super-Mare's D class Faith rescued two tourists who had ventured onto the area's notorious mud with an incoming tide on 11 July. The couple from Bristol got into trouble after one of them injured an arm, soon...
Ocean Harvest
JULY 13TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 2.25 P.M. a message was received from the Rattray Head coastguard, through the Peterhead coastguard, stating that a steam drifter was ashore at Rattray Head. A light E.N.E. breeze...
Fast-acting relief
How do you keep a 24/7 search-and-rescue service running when a coxswain is taking a well-earned holiday? What about when a family emergency arises for the station mechanic? Or illness strikes? Meet the team who answer the call for...
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