LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Coningbeg Lightvessel
Kilmore, Co. Wexford.—About 2.45 on the afternoon of the 18th of November, 1955, a message was received from the Coast Life-Saving Service that thej brother of two men in the Coningbeg lightvessel had died. A request was made for the...
An Aeroplane (5)
FEBRUARY 9TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 3.50 P . M . the coastguard reported a British aeroplane in difficulties, and a few minutes later the news came that the aeroplane was down in the sea. Her position was given at...
The Admiralty Drifter Lord Dunwich
JANUARY 19TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
During the afternoon the coastguard reported that a drifter had broken down south-east of Duncansby Head, and that the naval authorities were sending out a vessel to help her. A light...
Lizzie
RAMSGATE.—Signal guns having been fired by the Gull light-ship on the 24th June, the Bradford Life-boat went out at 3.30 A.M., and proceeded to the Goodwin Sands, where the schooner Lizzie, of Fleetwood, coal laden, was stranded.The...
Charles Francis
PADSTOW, CORNWALL. — The ketch Charles Francis of and for Plymouth from Newport, Mon., with a cargo of coal, in taking the harbour too early on the tide on the evening of the 14th January, ran ashore on the Doombar Sand. The wind was blowing...
A Sailboard (1)
Sail board in trouble AT 1553 on Wednesday, November 21, 1984, the honorary secretary of Aberystwyth lifeboat station was informed by Milford Haven coastguard that a board sailor was in trouble just outside the mouth of Aberystwyth...
‘THANK YOU FOR RESCUING US!’
When sisters Emily and Lydia visited Newborough Beach in north Wales on a blustery February day, they had no idea they’d end their trip on Trearddur Bay’s lifeboat
Getting cut off by the tide is an incredibly easy mistake...
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Dorbie
On 9th January the Hull trawler Dorbie was wrecked, and eight men of the crew were rescued by the Longhope Life-boat. The Stromness Life-boat was also launched.—Rewards : Longhope, £44 5s. 6d ; Stromness, £14 Os. 6d. (A full...
RNLI In Action
From cliffs to islands, beaches to rivers, this selection of rescues demonstrates the depth of skill and nerve demanded of RNLI lifeboat crews and lifeguards - and that you can never predict where and when you may need their helpFirst aid...
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Opportune
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 6.4 on the evening of the 23rd of November, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing boat near Proudfoot was flashing signals and had burnt red flares. At 6.30 the life-boat City of Edinburgh was launched....