LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Colonel Moir
In answer to signals of distress, and a message from the Lighthouse, the. Life-boat Helen Smitten was launched shortly after 6 P.M. on the 26th March. The Ketch Colonel Moir, in a dismasted state, was found drifting helplessly about three...
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On the 10th May some men from Bryher on their way home noticed four men ashore on Mincarlo, a small island south-west of Bryher, apparently without a boat. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. They went close and found...
Agm from Page 87
from page 87 Miss F. M. Coleman Honorary secretary of Shipston-on- Stour branch since 1940; awarded record of thanks in 1948 and silver badge in 1963.
Mrs A. L. Kenyon President of Bramhall and Woodford ladies' guild...
Category: Meetings
A Life-Boat at the Naval Review at Spithead
IN November, 1923, a special review of the Atlantic Fleet was held at Spithead for the Dominion Prime Ministers then attending the Imperial Conference. On the day on which the review took place —a day of rough weather—the City of Bradford,...
Category: Articles
Station milestones
2010 is a big birthday year for a number of lifeboat stations around the UK and RoI. Humber, East Yorkshire (pictured), celebrates its 200th anniversary, while Donaghadee, Co Down, is 100 years old and Beaumaris, Anglesey, celebrates 100...
Category: Articles
The R.A.F. High Speed Launch 170
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
At 8.53 at night the coastguard reported that the R.A.F. high speed launch 170 was ashore on the rocks under Buckie coastguard station. A strong squally W.N.W. wind was blowing, with a...
The S.S. Osterhav
Wick, Caithness-shire. — The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched at 9 P.M. on the 28th March, in response to a message received through Wick Radio and the coastguard.
A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a...
Fair Mistress
Selsey, Sussex - At 11.50 p.m. on 6th July, 1969, it was learnt that two of the crew of four of the yacht Fair Mistress were very ill and that assist-ance was required. The life-boat Charles Henry was launched at 12.20 a.m. on 7th July in a...
Dineiddwg
Aberdeen. At 11.50 p.m. on 2nd April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Dineiddwg of Aberdeen had grounded at Girdleness in thick fog. The life-boat Ramsay-Dyce proceeded at 12.20 a.m. in a light...
The S.S Jersey Queen
OCTOBER 6TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
At 7.15 P.M the coastguard at St. Anthony reported that distress signals had been seen about two and a half miles off the Point. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing, with a very rough sea....