LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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BOAT ON FIRE Selsey, Sussex. At 2.12 a.m. on i3th July, 1965, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a boat was on fire four miles south of Thorney Island and that a helicopter had been sent. The lifeboat Canadian Pacific was...
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A Catamaran
Mumbles, Glamorganshire. At 7.56 on the evening of the 30th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran was in difficulties half a mile south-east of Crab Island, Rotherslade, and that her crew of two had...
An Aeroplane (9)
MARCH 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND EYEMOUTH, AND ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. About 3.15 in the afternoon men were seen to bale out from an aeroplane which crashed in the sea some two miles off Burnmouth. A light westerly wind...
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A Yacht (3)
Walton and Frinton, Essex. — 30th May, 1939. A yacht had gone ashore on the Buxey Sands, but she got off without help.—Rewards, £14 5s..
A Trawler (1)
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.— 19th October. A trawler appeared to be in difficulties, but she was simply drifting about while the decks were being cleaned.—Rewards, £10 6s. 3d..
A Vessel (8)
FEBRUARY 9TH. - MARGATE, KENT. A vessel had gone aground on the North Shingle Shoal, but what she wanted was a tug. - Rewards, £26 6s..
A Trawler (6)
DECEMBER 28TH. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO. DUBLIN. A small steamer had been reported drifting in need of help, but the life-boat found that she was a trawler at anchor, and that what had been thought to be a red flag on her fore stay, as a signal...
None (31)
SEPT. 5TH. - ST. HELIER, JERSEY. It was reported shortly after eleven at night that Verey lights had been seen. The life-boat put out, with Lieut.-Commander T. Le B. Pirouet, the honorary secretary, on board. She made a wide search, but as...