LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Spero and Blanche
Wells, Norfolk.—On returning from fishing at 1.22 in the afternoon of the 30th of September, 1949, the life-boat coxswain announced that two fishing boats were still out. The weather had worsened and the life-boat Cecil Paine was launched at...
Three Fishing Boats
FISHING BOATS ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA St. Abbs, Berwickshire. On the morning of the 26th August, 1962, a gale warning was issued and the southerly breeze did in fact increase in force.
Three local fishing boats were at sea in...
Norman Nasmyth
HELP FOR LIFE-BOAT ON PASSAGE Aberdeen. At 10.30 on the morning of the 19th May, 1963, the coastguard ininformed the honorary secretary that the reserve life-boat Norman Nasmyth had broken down off Portlethen while on passage from Montrose...
A Canoe (1)
Dover, Kent. At 3.5 on the afternoon of the 11th of July, 1960, a report was received that a canoe had capsized in Dover harbour. The life-boat Southern Africa put out at 3.15 in a fresh south- westerly gale and a moderate sea. It was two...
A Whaler
WHALER HAD CAPSIZED Gourdon, Kincardineshire. At 11.35 a.m. on 28th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a navaltype whaler had capsized off the Todhead lighthouse, throwing the six occupants into the sea. The tide had...
Mizpah
Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 4.40 p.m. on I4th January, 1967, the coastguard informedinformed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Mizpah had grounded on the Newcombe sandbank a quarter of a mile south east of Lowestoft harbour...
Dorus Mhor
Ramsgate, Kent - At 10.5 a.m. on 28th May, 1967, it was learned that the yacht Dorus Mhor was in difficulties with a lost rudder one mile north west of the Sandettie lightvessel. The life-boat Edward and Isabella Irwin, on temporary duty at...
Michael Vernon, the Chairman of the RNLI
Michael Vernon, the Chairman of the RNLI addresses the audience at the afternoon Annual Presentation of Awards.. - View image in PDF
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Jessica, of Newhaven
OCTOBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 8.50 at night a message was received from the Southern Railway Company that a small yacht had fired distress signals off the east pier. A west-north-west breeze was blowing, with a choppy...
Personal Gallantry
The Institution has awarded its silver medal to Robert Harland, of its Whitby crew, who dived overboard from the life-boat on 23rd. February, in a heavy, confused sea at the harbour mouth and rescued a fisherman who had been washed out of...
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