LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (17)
SEPT . 4TH. - HELVICK HEAD, CO.
WATERFORD. What looked like a burning aeroplane was reported to have been seen to drop into the sea, but nothing was found.- No rewards ; launch treated as exercise.
The Screw Steamship Ingerid
The service of the same Life-boat on the 20th January, is thus reported in The East Anglian Daily Times :— "Those who were on Harwich pier between nine and ten on the morning of the 21st January, will not readily forget the scene...
The Hopper Sir Joseph Rawlinson
HOPPER AND TUG COLLIDED Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 8.10 a.m. on 28th September, 1965, the coastguard reported that a collision had taken place near the South Oaze buoy and that there were people in the water. The lifeboat Greater London II...
An Aeroplane (168)
NOVEMBER 4TH. - FLEETWOOD, AND BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE. Two airmen had baled out of a British Defiant trainer aeroplane when its engine failed, but nothing was found, and it was learnt that the pilot had come down on shore. Later the body of...
Argo
GORLESTON.—Signal-guns having been fired by the light-vessels, the Life-boat Mark Lane put off at 6.35 A.M. on the 7th February, in a rough sea and a strong N. by E. breeze, and found the brigantine Argo, of Marstal, bound from Fowey for...
Cite d'Aleth (1)
Fishing vessel founders THE FRENCH FISHING VESSEL Cite d'Aleth, in distress, was reported to the honorary secretary of Rosslare Harbour lifeboat station by MRCC Shannon at 0634 on Wednesday January 12. At first it was reported that Cite...
A Surfboard
Power against the surfsurfer and Redcar lifeboats were tasked to find and rescue the lifeguard who had disappeared in the waves On 15 August 2003 a Royal Life Saving Society lifeguard spotted a surfer in difficulty at Saltbum Beach and...
A Yacht
Injured yachtsman saved from certain deathD A mayday call from an injured sailor who had lost control of a yacht was relayed to Falmouth Coastguard on 29 October 2003.
The Royal Navy (RN) search and rescue helicopter from...
Lifeboat Services
POUNDING SEAS BREAK FISHING VESSEL IN HALF Three saved as lifeboat crew battle storm force winds and heavy seas George Duffy, second coxswain/mechanic and Ian Sheridan, deputy second coxswain/assistant mechanic of Howth's Arun class...
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Rfd-Gq Ltd
WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY AT SEA? RFD 'Z' boats are extensively used by RIMLI for inshore rescue work.
Specially developed for rough weather conditions with a large reserve of built in...
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