LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Newhaven, Sussex.—At 6.15 in the evening of the llth of August, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that a rubber dinghy was drifting out to sea, and at half past six the life-boat Jane Holland, on temporary duty at the station, was...

A mes- sage was received from the St. David's Coastguard on the morning of the 23rd June that a vessel was in distress near the Smalls Lighthouse. A fresh northerly breeze was blowing with a smooth sea, but the weather was...

Walton and Frinton, Essex.—About 6.0 in the evening, on the 22nd of July, 1951, the coxswain saw a small yacht making heavy weather on a northerly course and asked the Wal- ton-on-the-Naze coastguard to keep a watch on her. At 6.23 the coast...

At 8.15 p.m. on I2th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 12-foot open boat Karen of Porthallow was overdue. The life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was launched at 8.40 in a moderate north north westerly breeze...

Margate, Kent. The honorary secretary was notified by the coastguard at ii.12 p.m. on 8th June, 1965, that flares had been observed about one mile off Margate pier. The life-boat North Foreland (Civil Service No. ir) was launched at 11.31 on...

Thursday, Jan. 1, 1857. THOMAS CHAP- MAN, Esq., V.P., F.R.S., in the Chair.

Read and confirmed the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance, Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...

Record draw The RNLI's 80th lifeboat lottery drawn on 31 January raised a incredible £212,000 from tickets sales - the previous highest total was last year's Summer lottery raising £182,000.

Andrew...

Persons rescued from shipwreck Time of ! Launching 4. 12.15 p.m. Valentia life-boat took a doctor and stores to Blasket Island.

6. 11.20a.m. Sennen Cove life-boat took doctors and a nurse to St. Mary's,...