LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Converted Naval Pinnace Doris
Night search TWO RED FLARES sighted by the Coastguards at Gorleston and Happisburgh at 0259 on Sunday, October 21, 1973, were reported to the Great Yarmouth and Gorleston honorary secretary. Some ten minutes later Khami, one of the first of...
Swimmers
AN immense work is being accomplished in these days in the way of prevention against loss of life, both by sea and by land; but we may still hope for extensive improvements as experience and science arm our great philanthropic societies with...
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People and Places
On Station The following lifeboats have taken up station and relief fleet duties: ALL-WEATHER Ramsey - Mersey 12-14 (ON 1171) Ann and James Ritchie on 12 July 1991.
North Sunderland - Mersey 12-16 (ON 1173) Grace Darling on...
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John Douse
BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT.—On the night.of the 11th November, 1877, it was reported that a vessel was ashore off Sandown.
It was then blowing a hurricane from the S., with thick rain. The Worcester Life-boat was taken...
Champion of The Seas
At 1 A.M.
on the 15th October it was reported that a schooner was ashore on the north beach. The rocket apparatus turned out and endeavoured to effect communication from the shore, but the vessel was too far off, and they...
Ann Jane, Gauntlett, S.S.Ballinbreich Castle and the Millie Bain
HOLYHEAD.—On the 2nd January a wind blowing with hurricane force from W.N.W. prevailed, accompanied by a very heavy sea, and the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out three times to assist vessels which were danger. At 4.30 P...
Irish Girl, of Dundalk
CLOGHER HEAD, Co. LOUTH.—While about sixteen open yawls were fishing off Clogher Head on the morning of the 24th January, a gale sprung up very suddenly from W.N.W., and the coxswain of the Life-boat, who was watching the fleet, saw that...
Tisiphone and the Gleaner
MONTROSE.—At about 9 A.M. on the 13th April the wind commenced to blow from S.S.E., and the sea rose quickly, the coxswains of the Life-boats were therefore on the watch during the day in case there should be any call for their services.<...
Brothers
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 10.30 P.M. on the 29th May, 1938, the coastguard reported that the weather was getting bad and that several small fishing boats were at sea.
By 11 P.M. a...
A Gannet Aircraft (1)
Coverack, The Lizard, Falmouth and Cadgwith, Cornwall.—At 8.38 oil the evening of the 19th of February, 1957, the Royal Naval Air Station at Cul- drose reported that a Gannet aircraft, with a crew of three, was believed to have crashed into...