LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sunshine
Amble, Northumberland. At 9.10 on the morning of the 29th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Sunshine of Port Seton was making for Amble. Because of the severe weather it was suggested that...
With Five Motor Fishing Vessels Preparing to Try to Enter Harbour In An Easterly Gale and Very Rough Seas Scarborough Lifeboat the 37Ft Oakley Amelia Launched at 1426 on March 18 and Stood B
With five motor fishing vessels preparing to try to enter harbour in an easterly gale and very rough seas, Scarborough lifeboat, the 37ft Oakley Amelia, launched at 1426 on March 18 and stood by at the entrance. Coastguards stood by on the... - View image in PDF
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Children's Friend
North Sunderland, Northumberland - At ii a.m. on 6th May, 1967, the life-boat mechanic informed the honorary secretary that heavy seas were breaking across the harbour mouth and that the motor fishing vessel Children's Friend was making...
The Chemical Tanker E.C.E. (1)
Channel Island collision Alderney's Trent class Roy Barker I and St Peter Port's Severn class Spirit of Guernsey attended in the early hours of 31 January 2006 after chemical tanker fCf collided with the bulk carrier Crot-Rowecki....
Franziska
PALLING.—During a strong wind from the N.E. with a heavy sea and foggy weather, the No. 2 Life-boat, British Workman, put off at 6 P.M. on the 15th of April to the assistance of the barque Franziska, of Porsgrund, Norway, bound from that...
Fishing Boats (1)
NEWBIGGIN.—The fishing-boats went to the fishing-ground as usual about 4 o'clock on the morning of the 22nd November, but they had scarcely shot their lines when a strong gale sprung up suddenly from the E.N.E., which necessitated...
Aurora
BALLANTRAE.—On 23rd January, about 8 o'clock at night, when blowing very hard from the S.W., the brig Aurora, of Ardrossan, bound from Belfast to that port, was observed drifting in on the shore in a disabled condition and exhibiting...
Azow
NORTH BERWICK, N.B.—The Life-boat Freemason was launched about 8 P.M. on the 14th August, to the assistance of the barque Azow, of Christiansand, which vessel had stranded 2 miles north of Berwick, and lost her rudder. There was a thick fog....
Jeanne d'Arc
Again, on the 22nd April, during a strong E. wind, a vessel was observed on shore on the Hasborough Sands. The Lifeboat British Workman was launched, and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the brig Jeanne d Arc, of Trouville, bound...
Golden Plover
On the 5th June, at 4 A.M., during squally weather, a vessel was observed ashore on Horsey Beach. The No. 1 Life- boat, the Parses, proceeded to her through a heavy sea, and found she was the brig Golden Plover, of Sunderland, on a voyage...