LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Storm
SAFE RETURN Rhyl, Flintshire. About 5 p.m. on 22nd April, 1964, red flares were seen by a man on the beach who immediately told members of the life-boat crew working in the harbour. There was a gentle south-westerly breeze with a slight...
Golden Rule
BY RADIO TELEPHONE Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 9 p.m.
on 29th April, 1964, a local man reported that he had heard a message on his radio telephone that the motor fishing vessel Golden Rule, of Stromness, needed...
Runer
Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
At 12.36 a.m. on zoth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of many foreign trawlers which had been sheltering in Berwick bay during a gale had just fired red...
Paragon
NEAR LIGHTVESSEL Cloughey, Co. Down. At 2.25 p.m.
on loth December, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Paragon was drifting near South Rock lightvessel with her engines broken down. The...
Safely Ashore - Two
Safely ashore - two. Three weeks after the St Peter Port incident the 60ft fishing vessel Avalon II was in collision with a large tanker on 28 January, sinking while the Torbay lifeboat was on her way to the scene.
Her... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lowestoft:
Lowestoft: On Monday May 14, 1984, a 17ft motor cruiser, with one man on board, suffered engine failure off Pakefield Beach; she was driven ashore and on to a groyne by the fresh north-easterly breeze. Reaching the cruiser at 1744,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Routledge & Kegan Paul
UNDERCOVER The Men and Women of the Special Operations Executive PATRICK HOWARTH The Special Operations Executive, generally known as SOE, was one of the most remarkable creations of the Second World War. In July 1940. Winston Churchill...
Category: Advertisement
St. Clare
NOV. 29TH. - ARKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 7.45 P.M. it was reported that the small fishing boat St. Clare, of Arklow, was burning flares in Arklow Bay. The sea was rough, with a westerly gale blowing. The coxswain and the second...
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Flash rips sweep South West RNLI lifeguards had their busiest week of the year in early August 2005.
In just three days, they dealt with a staggering 368 incidents involving rip currents The peak of activity came on 8...
Contents
Padstow's new lifeboat station takes shape Page 9 Is this anchors aweigh? Page 20 Volunteers from Italy, Finland and Luxembourg Page 40 Lifesaving on Lough Derg Page 42 Including a president, a supporter and a survivor Peep into the past...
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