LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Margate, Kent.:—At 7.55 on the evening of the 21st of July, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was on Margate Sands. At 8.7 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was launched. The sea was rough •with a moderate...

Presentation of Prizes in Greater London.

THE challenge shield and individual prizes won by Greater London schools in the Life-boat Essay Competition this year were presented by Major- General the Right Hon. J. E....

Plymouth.

ON the 3rd October the Plymouth Life- boat was launched shortly before 10 P.M., in a strong southerly gale, with heavy rain and a very heavy sea, to the help of a vessel which had been driven ashore on the eastern...

JANUARY 27TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK. A Walrus aeroplane had been reported down on the sea but she got away safely and the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £22.

G o v e r n o r s • S h o r e I i ne • S t o r m F o r c e Hitting the target In the summer edition of THE LIFEBOAT we asked whether it was possible to set our sights on obtaining that 200,000th active member by the end of 1991. We have...

JANUARY 9TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK, A N D S K E G N E S S L I N C O L N S H I R E .

Information was received at Wells from the coastguard at about 4.48 PM. that a tug was showing flares off Scolt Head. A strong northerly wind...

ALTHOUGH, in the course of its 127 years of work the Institution has saved, or helped to save, thousands of vessels from destruction, it makes no claims for salvage. Its sole purpose is the rescue of life. When, however, life- boats are able...

Joint rescue saves water-skiersOn Saturday, 8 September 2001, three lifeboats, two helicopters and two cliff rescue teams were called out to rescue three people from a speedboat that had capsized in a notoriously dangerous area. The wind was...