LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Severe Weather Hits Yacht
Blyth's all-weather lifeboat, one of the victims of the hoax call on the previous page, is pictured towing a yacht to safety on 17 October last year after she had fallen foul of suddenly deteriorating weather.. - View image in PDF
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JANUARY 4TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
A red flare had been reported and men and women launchers worked hard and well in the darkness to get the life-boat down to the water through ten inches of snow, but she found nothing. -...
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Flamborough, Yorkshire.—27th December, 1938. At about 11 P.M. the coastguard reported to the life-boat station that three rockets had been seen between Bempton lookout and Speeton coastguard station. A northerly gale was blowing, with a very...
Dagenite Batteries
Lifeboats depend on Dagenite Batteries So can you.
Dagenite batteries are used extensively by the RNLI; and they don't take any chances. Isn't this the kind of dependability you want for your car ? Dagenite...
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Dagenite Batteries Ltd
LIFEBOATS DEMAND THE DEPENDABILITY OF DAGENITE So does your car. Make sure you choose a Dagenite Easifil-it means what it says. Dagenite Batteries are used extensively by the R.N.L.I.
They don't take...
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Rewards for Belgian Fishermen
Two Belgian fishermen at Lytham-St, Anncs went out to the help of a capsized dinghy and, with great difficulty, rescued three men clinging to the keel.
They have been rewarded..
Category: Articles
Roelfina II
The Motor Life-boat James Macfee was launched at 6.15 A.M. on 31st March in a half-gale from the N.N.W. with a moderate sea, in response to information from the Coastguard that a vessel with her sails torn appeared to be in distress outside...
Success, Gem, Provider A and Lead Us.
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 8th of March, 1951, four fishing vessels were at sea in a strong easterly gale with a heavy ground swell, and anxiety was felt for their safety.
Accordingly, at 8.15 the No. 1...
Spes Melior
Arranmore, Co. Donegal-At 8.20 p.m. on 23rd January, 1967, the Malin Head radio informed the honorary secretary that the British trawler Spes Melior was drifting one mile south east of Tory Island. Her engine had broken down and she wanted...
Falcon
DANGEROUS POSITION Arbroath, Angus. At 8.50 a.m. on 3ist May, 1964, the coastguard told the coxswain that a message had been received from a Carnoustie resident that a fishing boat had fired two red flares from a point off Dowrie. At 9.6 the...