LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

At daybreak on the 2nd October the watchman observed a steamer ashore on the Scroby Sand, and at once reported the matter. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were promptly assembled and the boat, in tow of a tug, proceeded to the...

So far 353 Branches have sent in the results of their flag days for this year.

In the whole of last year 771 days were held. These 353 days have raised £52,726.

That is £13,867 more than the same...

Fowey, Cornwall.—At 4.30 on the morning of the 28th of September.

1956, the Polruan coastguard tele- phoned that a red flare had been seen half a mile west of Polperro. At 4.50 the life-boat Deneys lieitz put...

Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire. At 2.25 p.m. on 26th February, 1964, the coastguard saw a small sailing dinghy capsize about one and a half miles off shore. As it had previously been agreed that in the honorary secretary's absence, the...

Holyhead, Anglesey. —• On the after- noon of the 20th of May, 1950, it was learned through the Trinity House Depot that a boat was needed to fetch a sick man from the Skerries lighthouse.

The Trinity House vessel was not...

On the 22nd October, at 3 P.M., signals of distress were observed at this station from the Swedish barque Svadsfare, and the Life-boat Harriott Forteath having boarded her, the crew were engaged to carry the disabled vessel into port, which,...

Crew member swims to stranded yacht Wells' Mersey class lifeboat Doris M. Mann of Ampthill was called to the aid of a 28ft yacht which was stranded on Blakeney Point on 31 July 1993, rescuing the yacht the two adults and two children on...

Peter Brookes and Colin Evans pulling away from the rest of the fleet to win the annual New Year five-mile row organised by Maldon Little Ship Club in Essex. The event raised LI, 000 for the RNLl.

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