LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stranded teens
Eight teenagers tried to walk from Pembrey Country Park to Burry Port Railway Station on 19 March and became stranded. One called a parent and was advised to stay put and wait for rescue. The parent dialled 999 and soon police, coastguards...
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Britannia Rescue
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Idler
Caister, Norfolk.—At 4.15 on the afternoon of the 17th of June, 1951, the Great Yarmouth coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht was flying distress signals about a mile south-east of Winterton. At 4.30 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched....
Ceta
Dover, Kent.—At 4.30 in the morn- ing of the 21st of October, 1951, the Eastern Arm Signal Station telephoned that a yacht was dragging her anchor in the harbour and driving ashore, and at 4.45 the life-boat Southern Africa left her moorings...
Contents
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 53 Number 528 Chairman: MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CBE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: MARY GYOPARI Advertisement Manager: BARBARA...
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Fishing Cobles
Three of the fishing cobles belonging to Whitby were overtaken by severe weather on the 10th June, and as their return to port could only be accomplished with great risk, the No. 1 Lifeboat, Robert and Mary Ellis, was launched about 10 A.M.,...
Lindy Lou
CHILD AMONG FOUR RESCUED FROM YACHT Hoylake, Cheshire. Around 11.20 on the morning of the 30th July, 1962, a number of reports were received stating that a yacht had sunk off Sandhey slipway and that her crew were in the...
Fishing Boats
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — At 6.10 on the morning of the 8th of June, 1956, the coxswain reported that four local fish- ing boats were returning to the harbour in a heavy sea. A west-north-westerly gale was blowing, and the tide was ebbing....
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—Early on the morning of the 12th November, 1937, nine fishing cobles put to sea. At 8.55 A.M.
a squally N.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The pulling and sailing life-boat Thomas Masterman Hardy...
Life-Boat Crossword—2
The winners of the October crossword were: 1st prize (watch), Mrs. Laura S. Lamb, Lloyds Bank House, Broadway, Worcs.; 2nd prize (£1), Mr. J. A. Porter, 149 Coast Drive, Lydd-on-Sea, Kent; 3rd prize (£1), Mr. P....
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