LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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In gully INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED from HM Coastguard by St Ives ILB station at 1531 on Thursday, July 28, that there were people cut off by the tide on the north side of Carbis Bay Beach. The assembly signal was made immediately and the ILB...
A Rubber Mattress
Margate, Kent. At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 4th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a rubber mattress with one person on it was drifting out to sea near the Hook Sands beacon. The life- boat North Foreland...
A Boat
Exmouth and Torbay, South Devon.— At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 15th of August, 1956, the Brixham coastguard rang up to say that the Devon County Constabulary had reported that two children who had gone out from Dawlish in a small boat had...
First class delivery
Supporters donated generously for her construction, volunteers gave their time to trial her, and the RNLI’s project team worked day and night. Now a new class of all-weather lifeboat has become a reality after the first Shannon entered the...
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A Cabin Cruiser (1)
Cabin cruiser on bar THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Blyth lifeboat station was informed by Coastguard Tyne at 1440 on Sunday, August 29, 1976, that two swimmers had been swept out to sea off Cambois; a girl bather had been picked up by a...
Prize-Winning Essay
THE following essay was adjudged the best in a competition organised by the Institution and open to boys and girls up to the age of eleven in Great Britain and Ireland. It was written by Winefride Claire Davies, of the Old Colwyn County...
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Eureka
SEPT. 3RD. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At about 4.10 A.M. it was reported that a vessel was showing distress signals about one and a half miles south of Walton Pier. The weather was clear with a strong breeze. The sea was rather rough. The...
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories The History of the Penmon and Beaumaris Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author The northern end of the Menai Straits is one of the areas where changing times and use of the sea has led to considerable...
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Arrowhead
Exmouth, Devon.—At 8.50 on the night of the 2nd of February, 1956, a man rang up to say that he could see a vessel close inshore near the Maer Rocks and that she was sounding her siren. The coastguard reported that the vessel was making a...
A Sailing Boat
Snoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 27th August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing boat had capsized outside the harbour.
The occupants of the boat, two men and...