LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Cabin Cruiser Dimcyl
Cromer, Norfolk.—About 9.30 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1951, the coastguard reported a small vessel, anchored to the north-east of Cromer, which appeared to have engine trouble.
She was showing no distress...
A Meteor Aircraft (1)
Cromer, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 11.22 on the morning of the 24th of July, 1952, the Cromer coastguard telephoned the Cromer life-boat station that the R.A.F. at Neatishead had reported a Meteor aircraft as having...
Contents
Meet Monte, rescued by Henry Blogg Page 12 The Annual Presentation of Awards 1956 Page 15 Portsmouth crew venture into icy waters Page 26 News Including learning to be SAFE, a station closes, and a supporter competition Feature: Cromer's...
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A Rubber Dinghy
Cromer, Norfolk.—About 3 o'clock in the afternoon of the 7th of August, 1948, a bather could be seen in a rubbeJ dinghy three-quarters of a mile north- east of the pier. He appeared to be drifting seawards on the ebbing...
Why Worry
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 15th of October, 1954, the coastguard rang up to say that a local crab boat was showing a red flag on an oar two and a half miles east-by-north of the coastguard...
Obituaries
Deaths Mrs Chater-Hughes - Malvern fundraising branch member Charlie Cocks - former Redcar lifeboat station Crew Member, Mechanic and Signaller, and Station Administrator since 1992 Ken Eade - former Scarborough lifeboat station Coxswain...
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A Yacht (3)
Cromer, Norfolk. At 3.17 on the afternoon of the 17th of August, 1959, the motor mechanic, who was in the boathouse, saw a yacht capsize half a mile off the slipway. The no. 1 life- boat Henry Blogg was launched im- mediately. She was manned...
A Rubber Mattress (1)
Cromer, Norfolk. At 7.50 on the morning of the 3rd of August, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a man on a rubber mattress appeared to be in difficulties and was drifting out to sea. No other boat being available,...
Corstar
Cromer, Norfolk. At 1.55 early on the morning of the 8th March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the collier Corstar was mak- ing for Cromer with a sick man aboard and that a doctor was needed. There was a light...
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1957, the coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half off Trimingham. At 5.32 the no. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg was launched in a slight sea. There...