LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Transferred from Selsey Life-Boat to Helicopter
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Cuban
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 7th of June. 1956, the Sonthend coastguard reported that a steam lighter had fired three orange flares off Uguadale Point in Kil- brannan Sound. The life-boat City of Glasgow II put...
Sommen
INJURED MAN TAKEN OFF SWEDISH VESSEL Lowestoft, Suffolk. At 9.38 on the morning of the 6th February, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Sommen of Gothenberg had wirelessed for medical help as a seaman...
Gwen
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — At 11.27 on the morning of the 7th of August, 1955, the Sunderland coast- guard telephoned that the Souter light- house had reported that a small boat could be seen drifting off Souter...
Preston
HOLY ISLAND.—At 9.30 P.M. on the 13th October, signals of distress were seen on Goswick Sands. The Grace Den-ling Life-boat was launched, and found the Preston, a large screw steamer, of West Hartlepool, ashore there. At the master's...
Gerassimos Vergottis and Van Ostade
JULY 1ST. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. During thick fog the Greek steamer Gerassimos Vergottis and the Dutch steamer Van Ostade had collided, and the Greek steamer had been badly damaged.
The life-boats could not...
Left: Enniskillen Lifeboat to the Rescue
Left: Enniskillen Lifeboat To The Rescue. - View image in PDF
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The Entrance to the River Tyne
The entrance to the River Tyne, March 1998. - View image in PDF
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Left: Gatehouse Entrance to Poole Depot.
Left: Gatehouse entrance to Poole Depot.. - View image in PDF
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Lynx
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...