LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Venus
Plymouth, Devon.—At5.5 on the morn- ing of the 23rd of March, 1955, the Longroom signal station telephoned that the motor vessel Venus, of Bergen, waiting to embark passengers for Madeira, had wirelessed that she was dragging her anchor in...
Normandie
Torbay, Devon.—At eight o'clock oil the morning of the 19th of April, 1955, the French Vice-Consul rang up to say that the fishing boat Normandie, of Dieppe, had gone aground near Man- sands, and that two members of her crew of eight had...
Arrowhead
Exmouth, Devon.—At 8.50 on the night of the 2nd of February, 1956, a man rang up to say that he could see a vessel close inshore near the Maer Rocks and that she was sounding her siren. The coastguard reported that the vessel was making a...
Pippa
REFLOATED YACHT Exmouth, Devon. At 1.25 p.m. on iyth May, 1964, the life-boat motor mechanic reported that a yacht was in a dangerous position on the Pole sands and at 1.40 the life-boat Michael Stephens was launched, taking her boarding...
Stan Woolaway
Appledore, North Devon and Lifeboat 70-001 - Off the Mumbles - At 4.20 p.m. on I3th March, 1967, the Appledore coxswain was informed that the m.v. Stan Woolaway had a bad list and was thought to be sinking at Mort Point. An R T message...
Gavotte II, of Portsmouth
Salcombe, Devon - At 1.50 p.m. on 14th July, 1968, the motor mechanic was informed that a yacht had capsized on the harbour bar. The lifeboat The Baltic Exchange slipped her moorings at 1.57 in a strong west south westerly wind and a...
A Racing Skiff
Torbay, Devon - At 10.28 a.m on 9th April, 1967, it was reported that four youths were rowing from Teignmouth to Dartmouth in a 16-foot racing skiff. Their escort boat had gone aground and the youths had continued without it. As the sea was...
Lifeguards in Ireland and Jersey
Summer is fast approaching and the RNLI’s lifeguards are dusting down their rescue tubes, ready for another season on the UK’s most popular beaches.
This year, they’ve crossed the Irish Sea and will be patrolling in...
Category: Articles
Awards to Coxswains Crews and Shore Helpers
The following coxswains, members oj lifeboat crews and shore helpers were awarded certificates of service on their retirement and, in addition, those entitled to them by the Institution's regulations, were awarded an annuity, gratuity or...
Category: Awards
A Stormy Passage
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 124 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 50 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to August 31st, 1934 63,721 A Stormy Passage.
By COMMANDER J. M. UPTON,...
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