LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Joles
LEAKING PETROL TANK At 9.57 p.m. on 27th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small boat in Seaford Bay was flashing SOS. The tide had been rising for three hours; there was a slight sea with a gentle westerly breeze...
Warrior
Hastings, Sussex.—About 12.40 on the afternoon of the 24th of August, 1956, it was reported that a Hastings fishing boat Warrior was in difficulties off Fairlight. The coastguard con- firmed the information, and the life- boat M.T.C. was...
Maze
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 1.46 on the afternoon of the llth of August, 1957, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that a yacht appeared to have cap- sized three miles south-south-east of Portland Bill. At two o'clock the life-boat William...
With Thanks...
Nine-year-old Jennifer Stone of Onchan, Isle of Man, was determined to say 'thank you' to members of the Douglas lifeboat crew who rescued her last year when she and her uncle were cut off by the tide when walking along the shoreline... - View image in PDF
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An American Fortress Aeroplane (4)
JUNE 12TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 9.15 in the morning the coastguard reported that an American Fortress aeroplane had crashed in the sea to the south-east. The life-boatmen had already seen a parachute coming down. A light westerly wind was...
Robina
On the 14th December the ship Bobina, bound from Aguilas, in Spain, to Shields, went ashore off Jury's Gap. The Eye Life-boat Arthur Frederick Fitzroy, and the Solicitors' and Proctors' Life-boat Storm Sprite, stationed at...
Samanco
CARNSORE, IRELAND.—On the morning of the 14th December, a mounted messenger arrived at the Life-boat station, stating that the services of the boat were required by a vessel on the Carrick Rocks, Greenore Point. The Life-boat Isis was...
An Open Boat
YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—On the evening of the 13th July, the coastguard reported that an open boat, containing five soldiers, was in danger about five miles from land.
The wind was blowing from the N.W. at the time, and there...
Betty Sheader
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 8.15 on the morning of the 5th of October, 1959,the honorary secretary learnt that the fishing coble Betty Sheader was still at sea. The weather was worsening, and at 8.25 the life-boat J. G. Graves of Sheffield...
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Stronsay, Orkney-At i.io p.m. on 27th November, 1966. the doctor on Sanday asked the honorary secretary for the services of the life-boat to convey a woman suffering from acute appendicitis to hospital at Kirkwall. At 1.35 the lifeboat The...