LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Yacht (2)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. — 5th September. A small yacht with a crew of three had disappeared while going to Castletown, and no trace of her could be found. One body was picked up by a fishing boat.—Rewards, £7 10s. 6d..
Dawn
NEAR PORT ISAAC Padstow, Cornwall. At 12.55 p.m.
on i6th November, 1963, the coastguard informed the coxswain that three Port Isaac fishing boats were still at sea in rapidly deteriorating weather. The honorary secretary...
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Hubert Ernest Petit, who has been coxswain of the St. Peter Port, Guernsey, life- boat since 1948. The photograph, which was taken by Mr. Carel Toms, shows the coxswain at the wheel dur- ing the voyage of...
Category: Articles
John Richards
John Richards, chairman of Cowbridge branch. He joined the branch in 1976 and was its chairman from 1979 until his death. Mr Richards was awarded a Silver badge in 1990 and was also treasurer of the Horton & Port Eynon lifeboat station...
Category: Obituaries
A Steam Trawler (1)
FEBRUARY 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
A steam trawler had been attacked by enemy aircraft several miles off the Cromer Knoll Lightship, but she beat them off and reached port without help. - Rewards, £41 9s. 6d.
A Collier
FEBRUARY 2ND. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. A collier had been driven ashore north of Roker Pier, when trying to enter the Port of Sunderland, but the crew of thirteen were able to land in their own boats.
- Rewards, £23...
An Aeroplane (32)
OCTOBER 25TH. - PORT ASKAIG, HEBRIDES.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but, as there was no possibility of anyone surviving, the life-boat was recalled. - Rewards, £10 9s. 6d..
Swee
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. — About eight o'clock on the evening of the 13th of April, 1957, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the auxili- ary yacht Swee, of Port St. Mary, was trying to attract the attention of the Langness...
Mrs Hutchings' Scrapbooks
IN the early hours of 24th March, 1964, the Sennen Cove life-boat Susan Ashley rescued the crew of the French trawler Victoire Roger from under the cliffs at Land's End. The coxswain was awarded a bronze second service clasp for...
Category: Articles
The Torpedoing of the "Leinster." By A. W. Lewis, The Consulting Engineer of the Institution
As it was in the course of my duties as Engineer to tie Institution that I was returning from Ireland on board the Leinster on Thursday morning, October 10th, a short account of my experience will not be out of place in THE LIFE- BOAT...
Category: Articles