LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

LIFE-BOAT AND TUG IN HARD TOW THE Falmouth, Cornwall, life-boat on 8th August, 1972, following the sighting of a redflare at about 3.40 a.m., saved a schooner and 10 people.

The wind was south westerly, force 6-7, with a...

New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 6.3 on the evening of the 7th of July, 1952, the Wallasey police telephoned that a sailing dinghy had capsized in the river Mersey off Egremont, and that two people were in the water. The life-boat Edmund and Mary...

Dungeness, Kent.—At 1.30. in the afternoon of Sunday the llth of July, 1948, the Fairlight coastguard tele- phoned that a sailing dinghy had cap- sized half a mile off Winchelsea beach, and the motor life-boat Langham, on temporary duty at...

Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 11.15 on the night of the 15th of July, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a man had fallen down a cliffside and was lying injured on Skrinkle beach. At 11.30 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on temporary...

At 3.52 p.m. on I3th July, 1967, a message was received indicating that the motor yacht J.G.4. had broken down about half a mile off Frinton and was taking in water fast. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, on temporary duty at the...

1 - No. 1100 R.A.F. Marine Craft Unit.

2 - R.N. Whirlwinds from station flight available for S.A.R. duty from 08.00 hours to sunset.

3 - Coastal Command Shackletons available for long range S.A.R.

Two crew rescued from disabled catamaran after rigging cut free Falmouth lifeboat coxswain Alan Barnes and crew member Peter Wood have been awarded the Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum following the rescue of two people and...

The south of England saw some gorgeous weather in June and early July, with crowds flocking to the Dorset coast. But it wasn’t fun in the sun for everyone, as RNLI lifeguards found while patrolling the beaches

The unbroken...