LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lifeboat Services
Withernsea East Division HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS TEST LIFEBOAT TO LIMITS Sick yachtsman rescued in Gale force winds and 15ft seas John Hartland, 42, helmsman of the Withernsea inshore lifeboat has been awarded the Institution's Bronze Medal...
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Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
PADSTOW, CORNWALL.—On the night of the 24th October, 1868, during a whole | gale from the W.N.W., the steamer Au- gusta, of Bristol, went on the Doom Bar i Sand. When her signals of distress were i seen from the shore, the " City of...
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An American Superfortress Aeroplane (2)
Great' Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk; and Lowestoft, and Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—About 6.30 in the evening, on the 7th of June, 1950, an American Superfortress aeroplane crashed eight miles north-north-east of Smith's...
Fishing Boat Aground Off Buckie
AT 1.22 on the morning of 10th October, 1967, the honorary secretary of the Buckie life-boat station, Mr. A. J. I. Wilson, learnt from the coastguard that a fishing boat was aground on the West Muck rocks about a quarter of a mile north west...
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The Oil Supply Vessel Smit Lloyd 47
Seven rescued THE OIL SUPPLY VESSEL Smit Lloyd47, dragging her anchor and grounded in a severe easterly gale and heavy swell on the west shore of Peterhead Harbour of Refuge, about five cables from the lifeboat slipway, was reported to the...
Summary of Meetings of the Committee of Management
Thursday, ZOth January, 1927.
Sir GODFREY BAKING, Bt., in the Chair.
Co-opted Commodore Sir Bertram f. Hayes, K.C.M.G., D.S.O., R.N.R. (retd.) as a Member of the Committee of...
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Headcase
The RNLI first issued protective helmets to their Waveney class lifeboat crews in the 1960's At some four knots faster than the older classes of 8 or 9 knot double-ended lifeboats, some concern was expressed about crew members'...
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Bare knuckle fight When Adrian, Duncan and Craig decided to enter a stretch of notoriously treacherous water, they knew they were risking their own lives It was Sam on Sunday 16 October 2005 when the Coastguard called Bridlington lifeboat...
Lifeboat Services December 1982 January and February 1983
Aberystwyth, Dyfed D class inflatable: January 17 and February 23 (twice) Aldeburgh, Suffolk 37ft 6in Rother: December 20 Amble, Northumberland 37ft 6in Rother: December 12, 28 and January 3 Angle, Dyfed 46ft 9in Watson: December 8 Appledore...
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Books
• John Kennedy served as honorary secretary at the Lytham lifeboat station from 1951 to 1976 and from this position he was able to observe every facet of the life of the station. He has now put pen to paper and the result is one of the most...
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