LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Island fire
Baltimore’s Tyne class lifeboat Hilda Jarrett was called into action on 18 March, when a fire broke out on Cape Clear Island. Fire crews from Skibbereen were needed on the island, home to around 100 people, and in an emergency the best way...
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Feature: Rescue Statistics
Saving lives with data Peter Bradley, Staff Officer (Special Projects) in the RNLI Operations department, reveals how complex 'number crunching' underpins a successful lifesaving service Each issue of the Lifeboat includes detailed...
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DOCTOR ON BOARD At 10.20 a.m. on i5th November, 1964, the local doctor told the honorary secretary that a seriously ill child on the island of Inishere needed medical attention. The sea was rough with a near gale force north-westerly wind...
Ronsay
New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 8.19 on the evening of the 23rd of August, 1956, the coastguard reported that the yacht Ronsay was in difficulty between Abersoch and Aberaeron. The life- boat St. Albans was launched at...
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DEC. 21ST. PETERHEAD, AND FRASERBURGH ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 5.55 P.M. the coastguard reported that flares had been seen two miles south of Rattray Head. A light N.W. wind was blowing, with a ground swell. The motor life-boat...
Fishing Boats (4)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 6 A.M. on the 23rd December, 1938, seven motor fishing boats left harbour on the ebb tide. The very heavy seas of the previous few days had moderated.
When the tide began to flow the sea got up again...
Virtual gifts make a real difference
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Eva
The Life-boat Willie and Arthur was launched at 6.15 P.M. on the 25th September, the Coastguard having reported that a schooner, which was in the roadstead, was dragging her anchors and making signals for assistance. A moderate S.E.
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St. Philip
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—About 4.0 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1951, the skipper of the steam trawler St. Philip, of Fleetwood, asked for help to refloat his ship, which had run on the rocks west of Castlebay pier. At 4.15 the...