LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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...

Coverack, The Lizard, Falmouth and Cadgwith, Cornwall.—At 8.38 oil the evening of the 19th of February, 1957, the Royal Naval Air Station at Cul- drose reported that a Gannet aircraft, with a crew of three, was believed to have crashed into...

COXSWAIN'S SONS RESCUED Longhope, and Stromness, Orkneys, and Wick, and Thurso, Caithness- shire. At 5.30 p.m. on I7th December, 1963, the coastguard told the Longhope honorary secretary that red flares had been seen in the Pentland...

Running into danger ON THE AFTERNOON of Friday September 11, 1981, the 26ft yacht Kerry left Douglas, Isle of Man, bound for Glasson Dock, Lancaster, crewed by two men.

Although the weather and visibility were good, there...

LIFEGUARDS WORK WET SUMMER Despite the met Offi ce reporting the wettest may–July since records began, RnLi lifeguards in england were very much in demand. in particular, spring tides led to a number of mass rescues, one of which you can...

NOVEMBER 24TH. - ST. DAVID’S, AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE. At 10.15 in the morning a message from the Land’s End Radio Station was received through the St. David’s coastguard that the S.S. Merganser had reported that the S.S. J. P.

JANUARY 29TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN.

The Isle of Man Steam Packet Passenger and Mail Boat, Rushen Castle, with 150 passengers and crew on board, left Liverpool at 10 A.M. on the 27th January, 1940, and arrived in Douglas Bay...

Thursday, March 2, 1854. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., in the Chair.

Confirmed the Minutes of the former Meeting, and those of the Finance, Wreck and Reward, and the Life-boat Sub-Committees.

Elected...