LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Resuscitation Award
A SOUND knowledge of the mouth to mouth resuscitation technique has earned Motor Mechanic Frederick G. Webber, of the Fowey life-boat, the Royal Humane Society resuscitation certificate.
On 24th July a self drive motor boat...
Category: Awards
Dive for Treasure:
Dive for treasure: Members of the Hoyland Sub-Aqua Club raised more than £400 bv taking to drv land for a sponsored bed push from Hoyland to Barnsley. But to be true to their sport they decided the best place to present the cheque would... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shirken
JULY 13TH. - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. At 5.30 A.M. the coastwatchers reported that a small boat was in distress about five miles S.E. of Oysterhaven, and the motor life-boat City of Bradford 1, on temporary duty at the station, was...
A Canoe
Falling tide, rising tide ONLY AN HOUR OR TWO after West Kirby lifeboat crew had been receiving instruction on mouth to mouth resuscitation from their divisional inspector, Cdr George Cooper, on Thursday March 6, and while they were still...
Jessomene
The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covenl Garden rendered valuable assistance to the ship Jessomene, of Liverpool, on the 21st January.
The vessel, whilst bound from South Shields to California with a general cargo, got in...
A Boat
.— At 10.40 A.M. on the 4th April it was reported that a boat was being blown out to sea with one man in her. It appeared that he had put off from Amlwch, and when about a mile out his mast was carried away, and having only one oar he was...
Puffin III
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 12.5 in the afternoon of the 27th of March, 1949, the Portland Bill coastguard reported a small motor yacht in distress, apparently broken down and drifting.
Twenty minutes later the life-boat William...
Martinique
Torbay, Devon.—At midnight on the 1st of September, 1953, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that a man at Torcross had reported that a motor yacht was short of fuel and had anchored two hundred yards off the north end of Beesands. At...
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Ramsgate, Kent.—At 12.59 early on the moring of the 3rd of March, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that the North Goodwin lightvessel had reported flares between the light- vessel and North Foreland. At 1.30 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
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Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 12.15 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1954.
the St. Anthony coastguard reported that what appeared to be an upturned boat had been seen half a mile off Hemmick Beach, to the west of Dod- man. At...