LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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JULY 16TH. - STROMNESS, ORKNEY.
At about 6.10 P.M. a message was received from the Broughness coastguard that distress signals had been heard in the Pentland Firth.
This was confirmed by a wireless message...
A French Military Seaplane
APRIL 6TH. - ST. HELIER, JERSEY. A French military seaplane had been forced down in the sea, but she was helped by a French fishing boat. Letters of thanks were received from the French Navy and the French Consul-General.-Rewards, £9...
A Ship (3)
NOVEMBER 7TH. - SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, ESSEX. A ship was sinking near the Nore Light-vessel, but when the life-boat arrived she had sunk. Some of her crew had been rescued by the light-vessel. - Rewards, £7 7s. 9d.
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INSHORE RESCUE BOAT ON SERVICE St. Ives, Cornwall. At 4.3 on the afternoon of Sunday the 8th September, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed by the coastguard that a man was being swept out to sea at Watergate Bay twenty two and a half...
Pegasus
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 30th of December, 1956, the Wyke Regis coastguard telephoned that the Dutch vessel Pegasus, of Groningen, was on fire 25 miles south-west of Portland Bill and that her deck cargo was...
Two Irishmen, Mr. John Mcfadden and Mr. Michael Carr
Two Irishmen, Mr. John McFadden and Mr. Michael Carr, with the curragh in which they went out in a heavy sea, on 2nd September, 1932, and rescued two men whose curragh had capsized.. - View image in PDF
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A Sailing Dinghy
Torbay, Devon.—30th October, 1938.
A sailing dinghy had capsized, throwing two boys into the sea, but they managed to get ashore.— Rewards, £14 9s. Qd..
Seventy-Four Rescued
Helping lascars of the " Magdapur's " crew ashore. They were covered with oil. - View image in PDF
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RNLI Lifeguards Undergo Intensive Training
RNLI lifeguards undergo intensive training to ensure they are skilled drivers of PWCs in the form of rescue watercraft (RWCs) Photo: Deborah Johnson. - View image in PDF
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Coxswain/Mechanic Ian Firman
Coxswain/Mechanic Ian firman Nobody does this for medals, but if they come along the whole station crew, beach crew, committee, guild and town are happy.'. - View image in PDF
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