LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Finnish Three-Masted Sailing Barque Alastor
Droughty Ferry, Angus.—Shortly before 9 A.M. on the 19th December, 1938, information was received from the pilot cutter and the coastguard that a vessel was in distress a quarter of a mile E.N.E. of the Abertay...
Cap Lizard
ALONE IN YACHT At 12.58 p.m. on 2ist September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht with one man aboard was reported to be in distress 35 miles south-east of Lizard lighthouse, and was asking for a tow to Penzance....
Maisie
ON THE ROCKS At 1.15 a.m. on nth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that he had seen a red flare north of Trevor Point. There was a very rough sea with gale force west-south-westerly winds.
The tide had...
The Fleetwood M.V. Eleanora
FLEETWOOD MOTOR VESSEL BREAKS DOWN Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 12.30 a.m.
on Sunday the 1st September, 1963, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares were being burnt about half a mile east of Danger Patch...
The Launch Anglesey
LAUNCH TOWED Appledore, North Devon, and The Mumbles, Glamorganshire. On the I3th May, 1965, the launch Anglesey, belonging to the Royal Army Service Corps, arrived at Appledore with engine trouble and was moored. However, the moorings were...
Maracove
Valentia, Co. Kerry. At i .45 a.m. on 27th December, 1965, the Marine Rescue Co-ordination Centre, Haulbowline, notified the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Maracove of New York, on passage to Rotterdam, had requested that the...
A Steamer Phryne
SEPT. 24TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A message was received from the coastguard at 8 A.M. that a steamer was sinking through enemy action, three or four miles E. by N; from the look-out. A N.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy...
The Naval Salvage Vessel Salvage King (1)
SEPTEMBER 12TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE, AND LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
Early in the morning news was received at both stations through the coastguard, from the naval authorities, that the naval salvage vessel Salvage King was...
The Fund Raisers
Concerted efforts Worcester guild has a particular talent for turning musical notes into pound notes. In May 1984 a concert given by Scottish baritone, Peter Morrison, in conjunction with the Hereford Police Choir, raised £362.25, while...
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Colleagues from the Sky By Georgette Purches
Following a recent visit to the West Country, Georgette Purches, assistant public relations officer for the RNLI, explains the organisation behind the RAF and Royal Navy helicopter rescue services. She was also in the right place at the...
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