LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
lona
Stronsay, Orkneys.—At 3.20 on the morningof the 20th of September, 1954, the owners of the motor vessel lona, of Shapinsay, a passenger boat of 15 tons bound for Shapinsay from Stronsay with five people on board, reported that she was long...
Alecia
MARCH 31 ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 10.20 A.M. a message was received from the Gorleston coastguard that the motor yacht Alecia, on naval service, was aground on the Scroby Sand, and that her dinghy, with two men on...
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MARCH 25TH. - AITH, SHETLANDS. On March 17th a doctor telephoned to the station to ask if the life-boat would be available to bring from the Island of Fouls to the mainland a woman who was expecting a baby.
A strong breeze...
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Viking
BLOWN ASHORE Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 12.1 p.m.
on 6th June, 1964, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that one of the local pleasure boats had been blown ashore by the fresh south-easterly breeze and that...
Virgen de la Guia
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At 11.20 on the night of the 26th of January, 1959, a message was received from the trawler agents at Cahirciveen that a Spanish trawler was sinking twenty-five miles south-west of Skelligs Rock. Another vessel was...
lolanda
Torbay, Devonshire.-—At 6.5 A.M. on the 24th June, 1938, the Berry Head coastguard reported that a small motor boat with one man on board had run on to a submerged rock near Berry Head.
A gentle west breeze was blowing;...
Blanche and Sally
TWO BOATS FOUND At 10.26 a.m. on ipth August, 1964, the coastguard informed the life-boat's second coxswain that two fishing boats near Blakeney Overfalls were reported to be making very heavy weather and would probably need to be...
M.V. Robert
Coal cargo shifts THE CREW of Clovelly lifeboat, the 71' Clyde Charles H. Barrett (Civil Service No. 35), at anchor in Lundy Roads at 1125 on Tuesday, January 21, sighted MV Robert and saw that she had a 30° list to starboard. As...
97th Lottery
97th lottery A brand new Suzuki Ignis was the first prize in the spring Lifeboat Lottery, thanks to Britannia Rescue who kindly donated the car. The winning tickets were picked by lifeboat crew members and representatives of Suzuki and... - View image in PDF
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