LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dodo V
Girvan, Ayrshire. At one o'clock early on the morning of the 16th July, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had broken down because of a defect in her steering six miles north of Corsewall Point. A num- ber...
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1891
Jan. 8.—Voted 31. to six men for putting off in a coble and bringing ashore the crew of two men from the collier Diamond, of Scarborough, which was dragging her anchors in a strong gale from the N., and a heavy sea, on the 18th...
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People and Places
The Tweenies join the crew Popular children's BBC TV programme, The Tweenies, was in Poole in August filming with Poole lifeboat crew. The character Judy (the green one in the picture!) went afloat on the station's Brede class...
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An Aeroplane (58)
APRIL 11TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A British bomber was reported to have come down in the sea, but nothing was found, and while the life-boat was searching the news came that the bomber had crashed 45 miles away. - Rewards, £13 6s. 6d..<...
H.M.S. Astronomer
JUNE. 1ST, WICK. CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
An explosion had been heard on board H.M.S. Astronomer, thirty miles away, but the life-boat found nothing, and it was learnt later that the survivors had been picked up by trawlers. -...
To the Help of Birds
On May 3ist the Selsey life-boat travelled three miles in a choppy sea and heavy rain to the rescue of eight men seen drifting on a raft. The life-boat found that the raft was a R.A.F. target, and as she approached it the men flew away. They...
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NAVAL RATING TRIES TO SWIM TO SHIP Weymouth, Dorset. At 12.8 early on the morning of the 8th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary medical adviser that a naval rating had decided to swim to his ship...
Peggy
JULY 17TH. - TROON, AYRSHIRE. At 8.30 in the morning information came from Troon pilot house that a small fishing boat was flying a flag and appeared to have broken down three miles south-west of Troon. At 6.45 the motor life-boat Sir David...
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division Cargo vessel sinks HUMBER COASTGUARD informed Superintendent Coxswain Brian Bevan of Humber lifeboat station at 2357 on Tuesday February 13 that the Panamanian motor vessel Revi was in distress 30 miles north east of...
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