LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Vessel overdue
On Tuesday 24 June, Julie Maskell had just arrived for duty in the RNLI Operations room at Poole. She settled into her chair and hoped for a quiet evening. Moments later, at 6pm, she received a call from Arqiva’s control room. As well as...
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Celerity, Fisher Boy & Courage
On the even- ing of the 27th February, the honorary secretary was warned that the motor fishing boat Celerity, of Buckie, "had just arrived in the harbour and reported that the Wick fishing boat Fisher Boy, with a crew of five, was in...
Lifeboats at Llandudno and Conwy By Heather Deane
LLANDUDNO AND CONWY are neighbouring lifeboat stations on the north western tip of Wales, separated by just a few miles of coast but by more than 100 years in lifeboat history.
In 1850 Llandudno was a small village...
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Lifeboat Services from Page 48
speed into a rough sea. She arrived alongside the casualty, the converted motor fishing vessel Kathmar with a crew of three aboard, at 1350. Kathmar had been on passage from the Tyne to Londonderry when her engine had broken down. A line was...
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Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: Nov 28, Dec 14 and 28 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun ON 1100: Dec 2, Jan 12 Aldeburgh, Suffolk Relief D class: Nov 24 and Decl Alderney, Channel Islands 44ft Waveney ON 1045: Nov 2,13, Dec 11 and 12 Angle,...
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Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen. Grampian 54ft Amn ON 1050: July 3 D class: July 5 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 17, 18,26, July 7, 15 and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: July 22 Aith, Shetland 52ft Arun ON 1100: July 7 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rather...
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Lifeboat Services August September and October 1984
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: October 26 and 27 D class inflatable: October 10 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic21: August 19 (twice). 21. 22.
25, 27, 28 (twice) and 30 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlanlic21: August 1.4.9,29.31...
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Busy Holiday Months
THE summer of this year has not been as busy a time for the life-boats as the record summer of 1948, but during June, July and August life-boats were launched 169 times and rescued 92 lives.
In 88 of those 169 launches the...
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Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun: March 22, April 4 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: May 7 (twice) and 15 (twice) Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: April 1, May 6 and 19 (twice) Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class: May 28 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in...
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