LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
May (1)
MAY MEETING PORTLOE, CORNWALL. At 2.40 in the morning of the 14th April, 1941, the coastguard watchman saw an aeroplane make a forced landing on the sea. Her engines had failed. He immediately called on two fishermen, who put out in a boat....
Category: Services
Happy Harry, of Dublin
SEPTEMBER 29TH. - YOUGHAL, CO. CORK, AND HELVICK HEAD, CO. WATERFORD. At four in the afternoon the Ardmore civic guards reported that a schooner, travelling west under sail, seemed to be on fire aft. A strong south-east wind was blowing,...
Norwal and Svint
JULY 10TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.
At 2.40 in the morning the Stepper Point coastguard reported that an SOS was being flashed six miles N.N.E. of Stepper Point.
As it was known that convoys were passing and...
Golden West
MAY 30TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At noon the coastguard reported that the naval authorities had asked for help for the motor fishing yawl Golden West, of Wick, which was on Admiralty service, with a crew of three, and had...
The Admiralty Torpedo Craft C.T.21 (1)
JANUARY 23RD. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN, AND PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM At 2.6 in the afternoon the Bangor coastguard reported a vessel in distress off Ballywhlskin.
There was a thick fog, but the sea was...
A Dinghy
JANUARY 29TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 9.31 A.M. the naval base at Great Yarmouth reported, through the coastguard, that an airman could be seen in a dinghy to the N.N.E. A light wind was then blowing from E.N.E., but it...
Barendrecht
JANUARY 16TH. - KIRKCUDBRIGHT. At 11.15 on the night of the 15th of January the Isle of Whithorn coastguard reported a vessel ashore at Steenhead. She was the Dutch tanker Barendrecht, a vessel of several thousand tons, bound for the Clyde....
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
HARTLEPOOL.—On the night of the 13th March, 1888, during a S.E. wind, sleet showers, and a very high sea, the s.s. Andalusia, of Scarborough, ran ashore on Middleton beach. A steam-tag went to her assistance, but, owing to the heavy sea, was...
Category: Services
Contributions from Shipping on the Tyne. The Value of the Personal Appeal
As showing what can be done by systematic and personal appeals on behalf of the Life-boat Service to the captains and crews of ships, we should like to call attention to the most successful work at Tynemouth of Mr.
Godfrey...
Category: Donations
Hon Secretaries' Courses Under Way
WALES AND THE WEST COUNTRY S6t the ball rolling in June when around a dozen station honorary secretaries from those areas attended the first training course aimed specifically at their role within the RNLI.
Training officer...
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