LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

On the 26th November, 1939, the Blackpool life-boat rescued the six survivors of the crew of the Mersey pilot boat Charles Livingstone.

COXSWAIN WILLIAM R. PARR was awarded the silver medal.

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At midnight on the 13th November, it then blowing a hard gale from W.S.W., signals indicating that a vessel was in distress were exhibited from the Gull Lightship, and the North Deal Life- boat Van Kook launched forthwith. She proceeded...

During the afternoon of the 26th February, the Life-boat Tyretta, in answer to signals of distress, was launched to the assistance of the schooner Friends, of Killyleigh, which vessel having had all her sails blown away while on a voyage...

SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIRE. — A message by telephone was received on the 21st May, 1898, stating that a steamer was aground about two hundred yards south of Huttoft. The Life-boat Sir John was launched at 12.45 p.m., and found the vessel was the...

The No. 2 Life- boat Hearts of Oak was called out on the 13th-14th January in response to a telephone message stating that a vessel was on the Haisborough Sands. While the Life-boat was proceeding to the Sands a light was seen from one of...

HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE.—On the afternoon of the 30th August the lightkeeper observed a yacht apparently capsized, with the crew clinging to her side. He at once reported the circumstance to the coxswain of the Life-boat Coard William Squarey, who...

WINCHELSEA, SUSSEX.—On the morning of the 25th October, the coastguard watchman reported to the Coxswain that rockets were being sent up eastward of the Life-boat house, and as the Coxswain left his house he saw another rocket discharged. He...

Dur- ing a moderate W.N.W. gale with a heavy sea and rain, at about 9.30 P.M.

on 29th October, information was re- ceived that the open motor fishing boat Blue Sell, of Barrow, which had been fishing off Duddon Estuary, had...