LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sinking serene
9 April: Bridlington, Yorkshire Four fishermen were rescued by two lifeboats when their vessel, the Serene, ran aground after it lost power. Bridlington RNLI’s two lifeboats tried to pump the water from the boat,...
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Functional Clothing
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Darlwin (1)
Falmouth, Coverack, Fowey, Cornwall and Salcombe Devon - At 5.37 a.m. on ist August, 1966, the Coastguard requested the Falmouth coxswain to launch the life-boat to search for the motor cruiser Darlwin which had been reported overdue. The...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Appeal
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Message from the Duke of Kent
At the annual meeting, held on loth. July, Sir Godfrey Baring, Bt., chairman of the Institution, read a message from H.R.H. the Duke of Kent, K.G., President of the Institution, in which His Royal Highness said: "I want to convey my...
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A Barge
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, and Caister, Norfolk.—1st February, 1938. A barge was in distress, but a coasting motor vessel towed her into Yarmouth Roads. The Great Yarmouth and Gorleston motor life-boat was launchedand the Caister...
A Trawler (8)
OCT. 1ST. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
A small trawler had been reported in a sinking condition fifty miles away, but another vessel took her in tow. The lifeboat returned after being out for over nine hours. - Rewards,...
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LII. PLYMOUTH.—The Clemency, 34 feet by 7 feet 9 inches, 10 oars.
ALTHOUGH the history of Plymouth is intimately connected with the exploits of the renowned and adventurous sailors of the Elizabethan era, it does not seem...
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Fishing Boats (1)
Arbroath, Angus. At 3.45 on the afternoon of the 1st of December, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that it would be very danger- ous for local boats to cross the bar at the entrance to the harbour because of the heavy sea...
Fairmorn
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 5.38 p.m. on 1st October, 1969, the coastguard reported that the m.f.v. Fairmorn had been in danger of going aground on the Upgang rocks and might attempt to make harbour. There was a heavy confused swell running at...