LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Margate, Kent - At 7.32 p.m. on 22nd August, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that cries for help had been heard in the vicinity of Longnose buoy. At 7.58 the life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. 11) was launched...
Bendilow
Bembridge, Isle of Wight.—The motor life-boat Langham was launched at 11.22 A.M. on the 22nd May, as information had been received through the coastguard that the yacht Bendilow, of Portsmouth, was in a dangerous position near Sandown pier....
Unflagging Support: Steve Gilbert (I) and Graham Bradshaw (R)
Unflagging support: Steve Gilbert (I) and Graham Bradshaw (r) hand a cheque for £225 to Falmouth harbour master and lifeboat honorary secretary, Captain David Banks.
Their Platinum II Roadshow had raised the money... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Orwell
St. Ives, Cornwall - At 9 a.m. on 25th February, 1967, a message wasreceived that a local doctor wanted the assistance of the life-boat to land the master of the motor vessel Orwell. The vessel was due at St. Ives at 9.20 in a near gale...
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 30th of Decem- ber, 1959, the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 was launched to take pro- visions to the light-keepers on Chicken Rock lighthouse, who had been cut off for nearly...
Success, Gem, Provider A and Lead Us.
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 8th of March, 1951, four fishing vessels were at sea in a strong easterly gale with a heavy ground swell, and anxiety was felt for their safety.
Accordingly, at 8.15 the No. 1...
Bankville
Barrow, Lancashire.—-At 7.5 on the evening of the 20th of December, 1952, the Walney Island coastguard tele- phoned that the coaster Bankville, of Liverpool, was in distress with a shifted cargo ten miles west of Walney lighthouse. At 7.30...
Emma
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At three in the afternoon of the 24th of March, 1952, the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board telephoned that a fishing boat had been reported aground on the revetment near C.16 buoy in the Crosby Channel and listing...
Services by Shore-Boats (2)
WALMER, KENT. On the 18th January, 1939, the motor boat Rose Marie helped the life-boat to save the yacht Leigh Hall. -Rewards, £3 10s., 12s. for fuel used and 12s.
for damage to tow-rope.
(For a...
Category: Services
Monksgarth
At ii p.m. on 30th December, 1966, news was received that there was a sick man on board the British ship Monks-garth which would be arriving at Mount's Bay at about 7.30 a.m. the following morning. The life-boat Solomon Browne was...