LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Walton and Frinton, Essex. — About 5 o'clock in the evening of the 27th of February, 1949, information was re- ceived that a man a woman and three children had put out in the motor boat Alnora from Landermere Creek for the Walton Yacht...

HAD BROKEN DOWN At 3.35 p.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain superintendent that a white cabin cruiser had fired red flares but did not appear to be in danger. It was one hour before low water with a rough sea and a...

Newcastle, Co. Down.—At 7.20 in the morning of the 21st of June, 1952, the Kilkeel coastguard reported that a small vessel, one mile off St. John's Point Lighthouse, was flying the dis- tress signal, an ensign upside down, and had also...

Wicklow.—At 5.50 in the afternoon of the 8th of May, 1948, the lightkeeper at Wicklow Head reported that a boy had fallen from the nearby cliffs into the sea, and the motor life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched at 5.59. A light easterly breeze...

JUNE 2ND. - DOVER, KENT. The lifeboat rescued twenty-three men from the Swedish steamer Emma and fifteen. British soldiers from a disabled motor boat.

For details see “ Evacuation of Men of the British Expeditionary Force...

On the 8th January one of the crew of the ketch Leader, of Bideford, went mad whilst the vessel was lying at anchor in St. Tudwells roads. The master of the ketch, having locked the man in his cabin, came ashore for assistance, but the man...

Train one, save many Page 6 Getting to the finish line safely Page 15 Lifesaving down under Page 27 Letters and membership Including a helmsman's 'thank you' Feature: From rookie to rescuer The next episode in the crew training...

AUGUST 10TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.

Two French crab-fishing boats had been reported missing from St. Ives Bay, but nothing was found. One had made harbour and the other had been totally wrecked, with the loss of three of...