LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

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Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the morn- ing of the 21st of February, 1955, it was thought that the sailing barges May. of Ipswich, and Portlight, of Harwich, each with a crew of two, were in a dangerous position because of the bad weather. They...

The fill/owing information is published as received: 'The Eastney, Hampshire, lifeboat —the last .tailing and pulling boat on station with the RNLI—photographed on return from a service in which it towed in the three Royal Nary inshore... - View image in PDF

Three rescued in hurricane SILVER MEDAL IN THE EARLY HOURS of Friday, October 16, 1987, hurricane force south-southwesterly winds of force 16-17, gusting at times to more than 100 knots, left a trail of destruction along the south and...

The Wreck of the "Islander." A TRAGIC disaster occurred on the coast of Cornwall during a severe gale which struck the coast towards the end of August, when the cutter Islander, of the Royal Yacht Squadron, was driven ashore in...

St. Helier, Jersey. At 6.45 a.m. on 22nd June, 1965, the honorary secretary heard from the harbour office that the S.S. Tryonia was going to the help of a yacht which seemed to be in distress about three and a half miles west of Grosnez...

In addition to the services by life-boats which resulted in saving lives and which are recorded in fullonpages 688, 691, 698, the following launches on service were made during the months March, April and May 1969, inclusive: Aberdeen -...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 12.35 early on the morning of the 8th of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the Norwegian fishing vessel Jenco II. was adrift near the Shipwash Sands | with the skipper apparently intoxi- cated. ...