LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Yacht
Dover, Kent. — About 4.15 on the afternoon of the 19th of July, 1953, the harbour board gateman at the Eastern Docks reported that a small sailing yacht with a crew of four had capsized at the eastern end of the...
The Annual Meetings
The South Bank Meetings 1989 The Annual General Meeting Presentation of Awards for 1988Once again the RNLI's annual meetings - held at the South Bank in London on 16 May - were able to reflect on a very successful 12 months for the...
Category: Meetings
La Francoise
French trawlermen saved IN THE WAKE OF the hurricane which swept across South East England in the early hours of October 16, 1987, many of the boats berthed at Newhaven Harbour—ripped from their moorings in the 90-knot winds—had been blown...
A French Fishing Boat
22nd July. A French fishing boat had stranded in foggv weather, but did not need help.— Rewards, £10 11s..
A Motor Launch (1)
Tynemouth, Northumberland. — 26th July. A motor launch got into difficulties, but was taken in tow by a pilot tender.—Rewards, £6 13s..
A Motor Boat
Whitehills, Banffshire.—31st July. A motor boat was overdue, but she was found by a fishing boat.—Rewards, £10 8s..
An Auxiliary Yacht
3rd July.
An auxiliary yacht had run aground, but got off without help.—Rewards, £11 6s..
None (3)
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—27th July. A fire was seen at sea, but nothing was found.—Rewards, £22 12s. 6d..
Maurice Hardy CBE
JULY 1994 Maurice Hardy CBE CENG, who funded the prototype Severn class lifeboat Maurice and Joyce Hardy..
Category: Obituaries
An Aeroplane (26)
JULY 30TH. - ABERDEEN. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only wreckage and oil were found. - Rewards, £5 17s..