LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sarah
LITTLEHAVEN.—The smack Sarah, of Milford, bound from Solva to Pembroke Dock, laden with grain, showed a signal of distress, as she was dragging her anchor, while a strong gale was blowing from N.W., with a heavy sea at 11.30A.M.
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Christine
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 12.18 on the afternoon of the 12th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht, five and a half miles south- south-west of Clacton, was rolling' heavily. She seemed to need help; so at 12.30 the life...
Sirius
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 5.10 on the evening of the 25th of August, 1951, the Port Radar Station telephoned that a yacht had broken her topmast and was in difficulties near Brockle- bank Dock. At 5.38 the life-boat Norman B. Corlett was...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BLAKENEY, NORFOLK.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently stationed a life-boat at Blakeney, at the north extremity of Norfolk, at which place a crew of fishermen perished last year in attempting to rescue a shipwrecked crew. This...
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A Convoy and a Corvette
NOVEMBER 8TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.
At 8.45 at night the coastguard reported a red flare, and a few minutes later the position was given as north-west-by-west, ten miles from Peel. A very strong north-west wind was blowing,...
A Boat (4)
AUGUST 13TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY At 8.5 P.M. information was received that a small boat was out of control and drifting out to sea. A strong S.W. wind was blowing with a moderate sea, and darkness was approaching. The motor life-boat G.W....
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: DECEMBER 1991 Miss G. MacDonald, founder of the Peebles branch in 1949. She was branch vice president from 1970 until a few weeks before her death when she became branch honorary life...
Category: Obituaries
Books
• Sailing Years, an autobiography by K. Adlard Coles (Granada Publishing, £9.95) is .fascinating reading because alongside the tales of this well-known sailor there emerges the story of the development of sailing and racing offshore. I...
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Lifeboat Lottery
The latest Lottery has brought in just short of £1MfortheRNLI! After the winter 2005 income of almost £750,000, itself a record, the spring 2006 Lifeboat Lottery bettered all expectations with an amazing £976,000. This...
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A Pram Dinghy
Blown offshore AT MERSEA ISLAND in the early evening of Sunday September 11, 1983, although the water was smooth off Cooper's Beach, a north-easterly near gale, force 7, was blowing off the shore and the tide was ebbing. At 1724 Thames...