LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Parliamentary Questions and Answers
MR. L. W. B. TEELING, M.P. for Brighton, asked the Prime Minister whether, in view of the coming closing down of the Royal Naval Air Station at Ford, and of the Royal Air Force Station, Tangmere, ceasing to be operational, he would discuss...
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Rambler
TYBELLA, Co. DOWN. — On the 9th August, during a gale from the S.E., and very thick weather with heavy rain, the schooner Rambler, of Newry, bound from Carlingford to Liverpool, with a cargo of paving stones, was driven ashore at Ringsalien...
Agenora
DUNMORE, WATERFORD.—The Agenora, trawler, of Tenby, arrived off Dunmore, at 3 A.M. on the 8th December with her mainsail split during a gale of wind from the S.W. and an extremely rough sea. Being unable to enter the dock, she laid-to...
A Small Fishing Boat
During a moderate south-westerly gale and heavy sea on the afternoon of the 25th June, a small fishing-boat was observed about four miles to the east of Broadstairs with the crew making signals of distress by placing their jackets on oars....
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On the evening of the 24th January the Sandness look- out station reported having received a morse message from Papa Stour, an island about twelve miles away, that a man on the island had been seriously injured and required medical attention...
The Wreck Register and Chart for 1879-80
A FEW days after the British Isles have been visited by one of the most destructive storms on record, it may not be inappro- priate to call attention to the last issue of the Wreck Register. Its pages clearly show that, along with the...
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Notes of the Quarter By Patrick Howarth
FOR THE FIRST TIME for ten years and only the sixth time since the end of World War II 32 years ago the RNLI's gold medal for gallantry has been awarded.
The service which earned Keith Bower of Torbay this...
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The Service Boards of Rye Harbour
Ox Sunday the 27th of July. 1952, a service was held in the Church of the Holy Spirit, at Rye Harbour, to cele- brate the centenary of the first record- ed rescue, in August 1852, by the Rye Harbour life-boat, known at first as the...
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Isabella
Filey, Yorkshire.—At about 10.25 A.M. on the 18th February, 1939, two local fishing cobles were behind Filey Brig, where heavy seas were running.
A W.N.W. fresh wind was blowing, with a moderate to rough sea. At 10.45...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire - At 8.45 a.m. on 25th January, 1967, nine cobles were reported at sea and there was a distinct possibility of conditions worsening when the tide flooded. By 9.45 conditions had deteriorated considerably and the life-boat...