LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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JULY 31ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At about 7.30 in the evening the coastguard telephoned that a small fishing boat appeared to be in difficulties, but that she had set a small sail and was approaching Britannia pier. A...
None (1)
Man clinging to cliff A MAN CUT OFF by the tide at Saltwick Nab was reported to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station by the Coastguard at 1805 on Friday, July 25, 1975. It was high water and in normal circumstances, with a...
A Greek Steamer
Nov. 4TH. - DOVER, KENT. A Greek steamer was reported to be in distress through enemy action and the life-boat put out with a naval officer on board. She was recalled, however, when she had entered the danger area. She had seen nothing of...
Signs of life
2 July: Dunbar, East Lothian When Dunbar lifeboat crew sped to a sinking fishing boat, they feared they had arrived too late – the fishing boat’s bow was all that could be seen. Crew Member Alistair Punton jumped...
Category: Articles
A Yacht
Yacht aground THE POLICE informed Barrow coxswain, Robert Charnley, at 2300 on August 24, 1974, that an independent source had reported the sighting of a red flare north of Walney Island. They were advising HM Coastguard, who would be...
Awards
A large number of awards have been made this year to coxswains, life- boatmen and honorary workers. The particulars of them are held over, owing to lack of space, until the next issue of The Life-boat..
Category: Awards
A Boat (2)
SCALED THE CLIFFS At 4.40 p.m. on 8th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat which had left Laxey at n a.m. was missing, with two adults and two children on board. There was a moderate sea with a...
James Napier
MR. JAMES NAPIER, a member of the Committee of Management since 1934, died on the 13th of November, 1953.
From 1934 to 1939 he was a member of the Boat Committee. A ship- builder by profession, he was chairman of the Steel...
Category: Obituaries
Constant Star
Fishing vessel aground AT 29 MINUTES PAST MIDNIGHT on Thursday, August 27, 1987, Moray Coastguard overheard the fishing vessel Constant Star inform Peterhead Harbour Control that she had run aground on the Skerry Rock and required immediate...
Kon Tiki II
COMPLETE BREAKDOWN At 5 p.m. on 2ist July, 1965, the Deal coastguard reported that the yacht Kon Tiki II of Ostend had broken down two and a half miles east-north-east of the North Goodwin lightvessel and at 5.10 the life-boat Michael and...