LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (2)
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 23rd of November.
1956, the Deal coastguard reported that an aircraft of the United States Air Force had crashed into the sea near the Cork lightvessel and asked for...
Fiasco
Ramsgate, Kent. The East Pier watchman notified the honorary secretary at 12.45 P-m- on 20th May, 1965, that a small boat was in difficulties beyond the No. 3 buoy. At 12.55 the life-boat Elizabeth Elson, on temporary duty at the station,...
Boats
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Fair Mistress
Selsey, Sussex - At 11.50 p.m. on 6th July, 1969, it was learnt that two of the crew of four of the yacht Fair Mistress were very ill and that assist-ance was required. The life-boat Charles Henry was launched at 12.20 a.m. on 7th July in a...
Wellington
PLYMOUTH and YEALM RIVER.—On the night of the 28th of January the Plymouth Life-boat Clemency and the Yealm River Life-boat Bowman went out in reply to signals of distress shown by the barque Wellington, of Windsor, N.S. The wind was blowing...
Fishing Cobles
Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 15th of January, 1954, seven local fishing cobles were at sea in very bad weather, and at 10.35 the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted was launched to escort them in. The sea was rough, with a...
A Fishing Boat
Filey, Yorkshire.—At 1.38 on the after- noon of the 26th of November, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that eight fishing cobles were still at sea in bad weather. At 1.50 the life-boat The Isa & Penryn Milsted was launched in a flooding...
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by Ti feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-eases, which give extra buoyancy...
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An Anson Aeroplane
Torbay, Devon.—At 4.7 on the after- noon of the 19th of April, 1951, the Brixham coastguard telephoned that an Anson aeroplane had crashed into the sea and sunk about a mile off Orestone Rock. At 4.20 the life-boat George Shee left her...
General Index
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