LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
D.U.K.W.
Blackpool, Lancashire - At 1.45 p.m.
on I9th December, 1966, a D.U.K.W.
used to supply the drilling rig Bedford X was reported to be sinking near the drilling rig. There were four men...
All creatures great and small
Ever since the days of horse-drawn launches, the RNLI has been great friends with the animal kingdom. Lifeboat crews and lifeguards have saved dogs, cats, sheep, cows, horses, deer and dolphins.
Although the RNLI’s...
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A Small Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall.—1st June, 1938.
The Porthoustock coastguard had reported that a small yacht, with three men on board, had been blown out to sea from the Helford River. A strong W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very...
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Damage on service PADSTOW LIFEBOAT, a 48' 6" Oakley, with midship steering, James and Catherine Macfarlane, launched on service at 2256 on Tuesday, December 7, to investigate a report of red flares.
The wind was...
Two Fishing Vessels
TWO FISHING VESSELS ESCORTED TO HARBOUR Whitby, Yorkshire. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 6th April, 1963, it was decided, in view of the very heavy swell on the harbour bar, to launch the life-boat to escort two fishing vessels...
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Plymouth, Devon - At 6.43 p.m. on 10th June, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two children were stranded on rocks between Picklecombe and Cremyll.
At 7.3 the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse...
Fertile (1)
Aith and Lerwick, Shetlands; and Stronsay, Orkneys. At 5.28 p.m. on Tuesday, i5th June, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Lerwick life-boat station that a 46-foot motor fishing vessel bound for Lerwick from Kirkwall...
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LAUNCH TO MOTOR FISHING VESSEL IN GALE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 11.45 on the morning of the 31st May, 1962, the coxswain reported that because of the bad weather the whole of the local fishing fleet had returned early with the exception of the...
A Boat
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 2.38 a.m. on 5th July. 1966, it was reported that a small boat with a crew of four had capsized in the Solent. Two men had been rescued and it was thought the other two were near the Norris buoy. The life-boat...
A Cabin Cruiser
BABY WENT TOO Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 11.20 p.m. on ist August, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser which lay at anchor in Sand bay needed the life-boat's assistance.
A...