LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BY the death last November, at the age of 83, of Mr. C. J. Temple-Lynes, Honorary Secretary and Treasurer of the Life-boat Station which the Institu- tion has maintained at Blakeney, Norfolk, since 1862, the Institution has lost a valued...

RESCUES FROM THREE YACHTS IN TURN Southend-on-Sea, Essex, and Margate, Kent. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1962, the coastguard ininformed the honorary secretary at Southend-on-Sea that a small sailing dinghy had capsized near...

SEPTEMBER 7TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.

At 4.40 in the afternoon the St.

Anne’s coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about three miles west-south-west of Squires Gate. A light north...

IN 1931 an appeal was made to the principal golf clubs in Kent, Surrey and Sussex to hold a competition in aid of the Life-boat Service. The Institution offered to present a silver and enamel Spoon as prize (two Spoons being offered if a...

May, 1981 Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: April 14 D class inflatable: April 7 and 13 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Relief Atlantic 21: May 3 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: April 19 (twice) Aberystwyth, Dyfed Relief D class inflatable: March 1 D...

NEWHAVEN. — The Life-boat Michael Henry was launched at 4 P.M. on the 5th July, and proceeded to the assistance of two fishing luggers, the Louisa and Beauty, of Brighton, each carrying a crew of three men, which were about sixteen miles out...

St Bees lifeboat crew faced gale-force winds, heavy rain, rough seas and poor visibility on 1 November 2010 while searching for a man 11 miles from the station. Coastguards recovered the man but the weather had got so bad it wasn’t safe to...

JANUARY Launches 71. Lives rescued 221.

JANUARY 3RD. - ARRANMORE, CO. DONEGAL. A fishing boat was caught in a S.E. gale with a very rough sea. The motor life-boat K.T.J.S. was launched at 10.20 A.M., found the boat five...