LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

THE great difficulty in the way of prompt Life-boat launches on flat beaches is the difficulty of the horses.

It is becoming increasingly hard to get the use of horses and the men to manage them, and they have frequently to...

Collision Aftermath The collision between the cruise liner Norwegian Dream and the container vessel Ever Decent off the coast of Kent in the early hours of Tuesday 24 August 1999 comes as a sharp reminder of how important it is to be...

1906.

Jan. 2. 10.40 a.m.

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ORMES' HEAD, LLAKDUDNO.—On the 27th February, information was received here that a vessel was in distress in the bay. The wind was blowing hard from the N.E. at the time, and the sea was very rough.

The Sisters'...

Holy Island, Northumberland.—About eight o'clock on the morning of the 21st of January, 1954, the life-boat coxswain reported that there was a heavy swell on the harbour bar, and that he felt anxious for the safety of two fishing boats....

• The first lifeboat in the Penzance area was built in 1803 to Henry Greathead's design, purchased by local subscription and a donation from Lloyd's.

Unfortunately, the early initiative faded and the boat was sold...

Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 9.10 on the evening of the 3rd of Decem- ber, 1959, a Mayday message wasreceived from two trawlers that they were ashore on the rocks four miles north-east of Dunmore East. The life- boat Annie Blanche...

THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 90 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 104 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to 27th November, 1930 62,443 Grace Darling's Coble.

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