LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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ALDBOROUGH.—The George Hounsfield Life-boat was launched at 10 P.M. on the 9th April, during a N.E. wind and a heavy sea, signal rockets having been observed in the direction of the Shipwash Light Vessel. They were found to have been sent up...
Three New Lifeboats: (I to R) Stromness Stronsay and Thurso's Sarah Austin Moored at Thurso After Their Passage from London In 1909
Three new lifeboats: (I to r) Stromness, Stronsay and Thurso's Sarah Austin moored at Thurso after their passage from London in 1909.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sailing Dinghies
On the afternoon of the 20th of June.
1959, the life-boat Richard Vernon and Mary Garforth of Leeds was on a routine exercise near Gettiswick Bay, Angle Point, when several sailing dingh- ies taking part in the Milford...
Skylark
Margate, Kent - At 2.46 p.m. on gth April, 1967, news was received that the motor launch Skylark was in difficulties about 400 yards off Herne Bay. The lifeboat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched at 3.14 in a north easterly...
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Immediate help A REQUEST FROM HM COASTGUARD to evacuate a severely scalded baby from Hayling Island was received at Eastney ILB boathouse at 1740 on Sunday, June 27. The duty crew immediately launched the Atlantic 21 Guide Friendship II and...
Northlands
NEWLYN AND SENNEN COVE, CORN- WALL.—Shortly before midnighton 28th- 29th February information was received through the Coastguard that a steamer had been observed about one and a half miles S.E. of Tol Pedn showing signals of distress. A...
Recruit
— At 9.5 P.M. on 1st May the Coxswain received a message from the Coastguard that a vessel was stranded on the Geddle Rock, just north of Peterhead.
A moderate E. wind was blowing with a ground swell, and the weather was...
A Catamaran
Walmer, Kent. At 4.14 p.m. on 9th April, 1964, the inshore rescue boat no.
14 was launched to help a sailing dinghy which had been seen to capsize half a mile south-east of the life-boathouse. There was a fresh southerly...
Boy Bob
The motor life-boat Lady Rothes was launched at 5.15 P.M. on the 9th February, as a telephone message had been received from the coastguard that the local fishing boat Boy Bob had gone out early that day to haul her lines off Gardenstown,...
Jessie
HARWICH.—At 5.30 P.M. on the 24th January, the Springivell Life-boat was launched in reply to signals from the Gunfleet Lightship. She sailed to her through a rough sea, and was informed that there was a vessel on the " Heaps," a...