LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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FEBRUARY 6TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
A very heavy explosion had been heard five to six miles E.S.E. of Aldeburgh.
The life-boat found a large patch of oil or coal dust and followed it for two miles, but...
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APRIL 9TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE, AND LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 4.30 in the afternoon a report was received through the Abergele police and the Rhyl coastguard that people had seen an airman come down by parachute into the sea off...
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Mablethorpe, Lincolnshire. At 11.10 a.m. on I5th August, 1965, a bather was reported in difficulties half a mile south of the station. At 11.13 the IRB launched in a slight sea and took the bather on board, returning with him to her station...
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At ii p.m. on ist August, 1966, the doctor informed the honorary secretarythat a critically ill patient needed urgent hospital attention on the mainland.
The life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson left her moorings at 11.59 and...
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AUGUST 23RD. - BALLYCOTTON, CO.
CORK. Rockets, probably from warships, had been reported, but no vessel in need of help could be found. - Rewards, £9 11s..
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JUNE 25TH. SALCOMBE, DEVON. The coastguard had reported a vessel in distress off Start Point, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £3 18s..
A Motor Fishing Boat Lively
About 1 P.M. on 6th April the Coxswain saw that the small motor fishing boat Lively, of Stomoway, was in difficulties outside the harbour. A moderate W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and sleet showers. The Motor Life- boat William...
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MAN TAKEN TO HOSPITAL At 3.15 p.m. on I9th November, 1965, a local doctor asked the honorary secretary for the services of the life-boat to take a man with a haemorrhage to the mainland for hospital treatment. The life-boat Mary Stanford,...
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JULY 24TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX. An aeroplane had been reported to have come down in the sea. Another aeroplane and a motor boat joined the life-boat in the search, but nothing could be found and no aeroplane was reported as being missing. -...
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JUNE 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.48 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about four miles to the north-east. A strong north-east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 1 motor...