LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wendy
Hastings, Sussex.—At 12.28 in the afternoon of the 9th of May, 1948, the Fairlight coastguard reported that a yacht had capsized three miles off Glynde Gap, and the motor life-boat Cyril and Lilian Bishop was launched at 12.43, in a moderate...
Blossom
Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 3.31 on the afternoon of the 25th of April, 1959the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Blossom had broken down between Sunderland and Seaham. At 3.40 the life-boat Edward and Isabella...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Its Object and Work
(Supported solely by Voluntary Contributions.) ITS OBJECT AND WORK.
The work of the Institution mainly consists of— 1. Building, equipping and maintaining Life-boats, transporting carriages, boathouses and slipways,...
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A Speed Boat (3)
North Sunderland, Northumberland.
At 4.3 p.m. on 20th June, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a speedboat had capsized off Beadnell. At 4.9 the inshore rescue boat launched in a gentle, gusting to...
Yacht Sea Belle
At 5.50 A.M., on the 12th April, a schooner -was seen through the haze stranded on the Gunfleefc Sands, and almost at the same time the Coastguard received a telephone message from the Light-house reporting a vessel ashore. The Life-boat...
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YOUNG PAIR RESCUE BOYS AT ABOUT 5.30 p.m. on 29th May, 1972, three young children were playing on the outer pier of North Sunderland harbour. The wind was westerly force 4-5 with a long heavy swell coming in from a north-easterly direction....
Fen
Redcar, Yorkshire. At 5.40 on the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1958, the motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a small Dutch coaster was aground on Saltscar Rocks. At 6.5 the life-boat City of Leeds was launched in a moderate...
Dazzler
At about 7 P.M. on the 20th November, during a strong gale from the N.W., signals of distress were seen in the direction of Wexford Bar. The same Lifeboat was promptly manned, and proceededto the spot, and found that the fishing yawl Dazzler...
Clyro
— The motor life-boat Lily Glen—Glasgow was launched at 12.30 A.M. on the 14th August in response to a telephone message from Culzean Castle Maidens that the steam trawler Clyro, of Milford Haven, was ashore. A moderate W.N.W. wind was...
Several Fishing Vessels
On the 6th December after dark, several of the fishing vessels of the port being known to be off it, and expected to take the bar of the river under somewhat trying circumstances, the Life- boat China was held in readiness. It was blowing a...