LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fokke Dejong
HELP FOR DUTCH At 12.5 a.m. on 5th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the superintendent coxswain that the Dutch motor vessel Fokke dejong needed the help of the lifeboat to land a sick man. It was arranged that the life-boat would...
Silver Shadow
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 5.40 on the evening of the 27th of January, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that a message had been received from the Niton radio station. A ship had re- ported that the fishing boat Silver Shadow, which had a crew...
Mary (1)
Filey, Yorkshire.—About half past three in the afternoon on the 14th of November, 1949, the coastguard tele- phoned that the life-boat coxswain at Flamborough had reported a fishingcoble, broken down but under sail, a mile north-east of the...
Blue Nobby
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 4.25 on the after- noon of the 15th September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be broken down five to six miles north-by- west of the coastguard look-out. The life-boat...
Working Together from Page 93
Working Together from page 93 You have only got to touch it with a rope, or something like that, and there is no problem.
Kennett: We just give them a flick as soon as they come down. That is good...
Category: Articles
Niki
When an unknown vessel reported sighting the masts of a sinking ship near the South Varne buoy on 27th February, 1971, the Dungeness life-boat was unable to launch immediately owing to low water and spring tides. The Dover life-boat Faithful...
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Your Letters
Reduce the risks Given the antics of condemed yachtsman Eric Abbott who 'navigates' by road maps, isn't it time to formalise some form of mandatory training before people put to sea. This guy shows total contempt for the...
Category: Correspondence
Passing Cloud
Information was received from Killantringan Light- house through Portpatrick Wireless Station at 8.15 A.M. on the 10th August that two small fishing boats were in distress and struggling to reach safety against a strong S.W. breeze with a...
La Prudence
On the night of the 30th March the Parsee life-boat went off during a fresh wind from N.N.W. and rough weather, and saved the crew of 6 men from the schooner La Prudence, of Algiers, which was totally wrecked on Palling Beach..