LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Ramsgate, Kent.—At 12.59 early on the moring of the 3rd of March, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that the North Goodwin lightvessel had reported flares between the light- vessel and North Foreland. At 1.30 the life-boat Michael and Lily...
Hannah's paddle mission
Transatlantic sailor Hannah White paddled up a wave of RNLI support in September during a record-breaking 205-mile solo kayak challenge.
Hannah, who is also an adventurer and broadcaster, became the first person to paddle...
Category: Articles
Royal Humane Society Award
The Royal Humane Society awarded a testimonial on parchment, combined with a resuscitation certificate, to Police Sergeant Stephen Ferguson of the County Borough of Hastings Police, and a resuscitation certificate to Motor Mechanic John...
Category: Services
Ruan
Swanage, Dorset - At 9.57 p.m. on 23rd August, 1969, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Yewforest had reported that she was standing by the yacht Ruan which was in difficulties 14 miles south west of Anvil point...
Six Sailing Dinghies
LIFE-BOAT'S FORTUNATE SOCIAL APPEARANCE Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. The life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was attending the Clacton-on-Sea sailing club regatta on Sunday the 25th August, 1963. She left the slipway at 11.50 a.m. and lay off the...
Pulaid Marine Systems
The instant guide to safety at sea.
Legislation or not in 1992, as every serious boat user knows, safety at sea is vital - and when the unexpected happens, there's often little time to consider the correct response.<...
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Carmen Maria
AFTER FALSE ALARM At 3.50 p.m. on 22nd November, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen off Whitehaven.
Although it was soon learned that this report was a false alarm, a search was...
A Vessel (4)
JANUARY 26TH. - CROMARTY'. A vessel was sinking, but the survivors had been taken off by an Admiralty tug. - Rewards, £11 5s..
Consolation
At 4.25 P.M.
on the 27th August, the Coxswain of the Life-boat was1 informed by the Coastguard that a vessel was ashore on the South Beach. With all haste the No. 2 Life-boat Leicester was launched, and proceeded to the...
Margaret
LYDD, DUNOENESS.—On the evening of the 10th of January, signals of distress were shown by a vessel anchored in the East Bay, Dungeness, during a moderate W.S.W. gale and a rough sea. The David Hulett Life-boat was launched at 6.30 P.M., and...