LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Yachts in distress THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of The Lizard-Cadgwith lifeboat station was telephoned on the evening of Monday September 3, 1984, to be told by Falmouth coastguard that a red flare had been sighted off Poldhu Cove. The...

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It was around this time last year that the Oban lifeboat crew saved the life of an unconscious man who was trapped in icy waters between two fishing vessels in Oban harbour (see winter 2001/02 issue, p.18). The crew's pagers went off...

No Sea Room -and other things ROCKS, SHALLOWS or obstructing lines reduced the lifeboats' manoeuvring room in four of the services (described briefly below) for which medals for gallantry were presented at the Royal Festival Hall in May...

SEPTEMBER 10TH. - KILMORE, CO. WEXFORD. Rockets had been reported, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £21 5s..

At 6.30 P.M. on the 18th November a telephone message was received, stating that a large vessel had struck a mine and was at anchor about three miles off Orfordness. As the amount of damage was unknown and the sea was rough, the No. 1 Life-...

Stranded BELFAST COASTGUARD reported to the honorary secretary of Portpatrick lifeboat station at 0355 on Friday February 26, 1982, that Craigantlet, a merchant vessel on passage from Belfast to Liverpool, laden, had gone ashore off...

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