LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
425 people saved
Mother Nature threw a lot at our lifesavers in 2013: it was the coldest Spring since 1962, the hottest Summer for 7 years and the windiest December since 1993. But they rescued thousands and saved 425 lives.
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SAVED IN SECONDS
What can happen in 10 minutes? For coastal lifeboat stations, that can be the time needed for dedicated volunteers to drop whatever they’re doing, form a crew and launch. For those at Tower Lifeboat Station, it’s a different...
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Courrier Du Nord
The Moses life-boat at St. Ives, after repeated attempts with different crews, saved 1 man from the French brig Courrier du Nord, which became a total wreck on St. lyes Ridge.
An Aeroplane (23)
MARCH 26TH. - APPLEDORE, AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 11.15 in the morning Croyde coastguard reported to Appledore that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea. The same information was given to Ilfracombe by the resident naval officer. The...
A Walrus Aeroplane
JANUARY 27TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK. A Walrus aeroplane had been reported down on the sea but she got away safely and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £22.
An Aeroplane (20)
JUNE 12TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An aeroplane had crashed into the sea in flames, but the survivors were picked up by another vessel. - Rewards, £27 16s. 3d.
H.M. Motor Launch No.111
NOVEMBER 25TH . - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. At about 8.45 A.M. a loudexplosion was heard in the direction of the Chequer Shoal Buoy. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The naval authorities reported that H.M. motor launch...
A Landing Craft (2)
SEPTEMBER 2ND. - POOLE AND BOURNEMOUTH, DORSET. A landing craft had been reported adrift, but the lifeboat was recalled by the naval authorities.
- Rewards, £4 8s. 6d.
A Steamer (15)
APRIL 2ND. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. A steamer had gone ashore, but her crew of six were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus.- Rewards, £6 16s. 6d.
Minnie, of Rye
DECEMBER 10TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT.
At two in the afternoon a fisherman reported a fishing boat in distress about one mile southsouth- west of Dungeness Lighthouse. She was seen to have a flag flying and had burned a flare....