LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Moelfre, Anglesey.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 10th of Novem- ber, 1956, a message was received that a cow had fallen down a cliffside about half a mile north of Bull Bay. Efforts to rescue it had been made by the fire...
Lifeboat—In Danger's Hour'
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Braywick
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—About 8.40 on the morning of the 8th of January.
1953, the motor vessel Braywick, of London, which had a crew of nine, wirelessed that she had broken down and needed a tug three miles north- east...
Yacht Maria Lecina
Ramsgate, Kent.—About nine o'clock in the morning of the llth of August, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that the crew of a Dutch yacht, three- quarters of a mile south of Ramsgate, were waving flags and clothing, and the life-boat...
Betsy Nora
Torbay, Devon.—At 7.49 on the even- ing of the llth of September, 1954, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that red flares could be seen coming from a motor boat a quarter of a mile east of Great Rock. At eight o'clock the life-boat...
Lillibet
Ramsgate, Kent. At 10.17 on the morning of the 19th of August, 1960, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Kentish Knock lightvessel that the yacht Lillibet was proceeding towards Middle Knock buoy with her...
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Runswick, Yorkshire - At 2.30 p.m.
on 28th June, 1967, a rowing boat with a broken oar was seen being swept out to sea off Staithes. The life-boat The Elliott Gill was launched at 2.45 in a strong south westerly breeze and...
Ramsgate:
Ramsgate: Sunday June 9 was the day Ramsgate's new Atlantic 21 lifeboat was dedicated and named Ramsgate Enterprise. Mr Martin Lewis, grandson of the late Mrs Holway who had left a sum of money to the station, is seen here unveiling two... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 1 7 T H . - P O R T A S K A I G , ARGYLLSHIRE. On the 16th February a request was received by telephone from a doctor and the minister on the Island of Colonsay for the help of the life-boat to bring a sick woman to Islay, whence...
A Launch at Aldeburgh In 1872
The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat " George HounsfieU." She served from 1870-1890, and rescued 99 lives. - View image in PDF
She is still at Aldeburgh, and is used as a store on the beach.. - View image in PDF
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