LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Yacht Marieke
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of July, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a Dutch barge, which had an- chored off the east pier, had engine trouble and needed help to enter the harbour. At 5.31 the...
Ione
New Brighton, Cheshire.—During the evening of the llth November the owner of the local motor fishing boat lone reported that his boat had gone out early in the morning in company with several other boats, but had not returned with them. She...
Fishing Cobles
In a mode- rate westerly breeze with a growing sea on the evening of the 2nd September, the services of the Life-boat were called for to assist two of the fishing cobles belonging to Staithes. A telegram from Staithes stated that the boats...
International Boat Show
AS THE CLIMAX of 'The Year of the Lifeboat', the RNLI will be playing a prominent part in the 1975 International Boat Show at Earls Court from January 1 to 11. The very first thing visitors approaching the exhibition from Warwick...
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Guiding Star and Sea Witch
Filey, Yorkshire. At 10 a.m. on 3rd September, 1965, the honorary secretary, concerned for the safety of two fishing cobles which were at sea in deteriorating weather conditions, consulted with the coastguard. It was decided to launch the...
Gwylan II
LIFE-BOAT-HELICOPTER EXERCISE SAVES THREE New Quay, Cardiganshire. On the evening of Friday the 19th of July, 1963, the life-boat St. Albans was out on exercise with a helicopter when the helicopter crew saw the rowing boat Gwylan 11 of New...
A Dutch Trawler
Injured seaman brought ashore by Scarborough D class Scarborough's D class inflatable was called on to land an injured seaman from a Dutch trawler on 10 August 1988.
Although winds were only light a thick fog reduced...
Dora
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 2.12 in the afternoon of the 23rd of May, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht, with two persons on board, had cap- sized off Dumpton Gap, and four min- utes later the motor life-boat Prudential left her...
Marys
During a moderate S.S.W. gale on the 5th January, a report was received that the fishing-boat Marys, belonging to Ballantrae, which was expected back at Port Patrick by mid-day, had not returned. The weather at the time was threatening and...
Martell Cognac
The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in 1970. This...
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