LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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A Dinghy (14)
St. David's Pembrokeshire - At 5.35 p.m. on 24th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man who was standing on a rock near South Bishop lighthouse was signalling for assistance. There was sailing dinghy in...
A Vessel (14)
APRIL 3RD. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND.
A vessel had been reported to be on fire six miles N.N.E. of the Longstone Lighthouse, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £5 2s. 6d..
An Aeroplane (14)
APRIL 17TH. - SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE.
An aeroplane was reported to have fallen into the sea in flames, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £6 14s. 6d..
A Vessel (14)
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. A small, unknown vessel had been reported derelict or drifting, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £8 8s. 6d.
None (21)
Galway Bay - At 10 a.m. on 9th August, 1966, the doctor requested the services of the life-boat to transport a seriously ill patient to hospital on the mainland. At 11.10 the life-boat John R.
Webb, on temporary duty at the...
the 47' Cabin Cruiser Shark
Trapped below THE RAMSGATE/CALAIS HOVERCRAFT advised HM Coastguard Dover Straits at 0925 on Thursday August 4, 1977, that distress flares had been seen on the eastern edge of the Goodwin Sands, near the East Goodwin Lightvesselwhere a cabin...
Around the Coast
WHEN THE NUCLEAR submarine HMS Spartan sailed from Barrow-in-Furness last February she had to navigate an exact course out into Morecambe Bay.
A Decca trisponder chain of four 'slave' stations was set up from which...
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The Fundraisers
Some w a y s of f i l l i n g t he CO f f e r s . . . A clean sweep! The Royal Burgh of Cullen ladies lifeboat guild, established in May 1990, recently held a tombola evening which raised £700. The village of Cullen in north east...
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Your Letters
Thanks to Alderney...
The RNLI has always been our favourite charity. During a Channel crossing on 19 June in our 29ft yacht we had good reason to be grateful for the support we and countless others have given the...
Category: Correspondence