LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Humber, Yorkshire.—26th March, 1939. Rockets had been reported seven miles N.E. of Mablethorpe on the Lincolnshire coast, but nothing could be found.—Permanent paid crew: Rewards, 9s..

NORTH WEST DISTRICT Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 6.40 p.m. on 3oth May, 1967, it was learned that a boy, who had fallen off the Great Orme, would have to be taken off by boat as it would be very difficult to haul him up the cliff face....

THE first quarter of 1963 was a period in which a number of important advances were made in the develop- ment of life-boat design and in the task, which is a continuous one, of modernizing and re-equipping the life- boat service as a whole....

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DOVER.—A new life-boat and transporting- carriage have been sent to Dover by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, the former boat stationed there being considered to be too small, and not to have sufficient rowing power. The new boat is 32...

DECEMBER 16TH. - MARGATE, KENT.

At 1.15 in the afternoon a number of small invasion barges put into Margate Harbour.

A fresh easterly wind was blowing with a choppy sea. The officer-in-charge reported that...

NOVEMBER 3RD. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.

At 9.10 at night information was received from the naval officer-in-charge that the Admiralty drifter Supporter, employed as a hospital carrier, was getting into difficulties off the...

Barra Island: At 0812 on Saturday July 21, 1984, Barra Island's 48ft 6in Solent class lifeboat, Hugh William Viscount Gough, was launched under the command of Coxswain/Mechanic John Macneil, following a MAYDAY from the survey ship Geotek...