LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Lady Katherine
NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SBA, NORTHUMBERLAND.
—A signal of distress was made by a vessel northward of Newbiggin point, on the morning of the 9th Jan. 1889. The wind was blowing a gale from the S.E., the sea was very rough, and the...
Provider
Amble, Northumberland. At 9.15 p.m. on i Qth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the weather conditions were deteriorating and as the local fishing coble Provider was still at sea, it was decided to launch the...
Stainburn
At 5.35 A.M. on the 18th September it was reported that the Gull Light-vessel was firing guns, and also that a steamer could be seen on the Goodwin Sands. The Life-boat .Charles and Susanna Stephens promptly proceeded in tow of the Harbour...
An Aeroplane (132)
SEPTEMBER 2lST. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At 6.10 A.M. a message was received from the naval signal station that an aeroplane had fallen into the sea near the north landing, and at 6.35 A.M. the motor life-boat Elizabeth and Albina Whitley...
"God Help the Poor Fellows at Sea!"
FAR away inland, when tempests blow Wild through the dark'ning night, We list to the roar of the winds as they go, On their hurricane steeds to the fight; For the hosts of the Storm-King are gathering fast Where the white-crested waters...
Category: Poetry
Services by Shore-Boats (5)
SIDMOUTH, DEVONSHIRE. At about 8.40 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1939, an aeroplane came down in the sea off Sidmouth. A westerly wind was blowing with gusts at thirty miles an hour and sleet showers. The sea was choppy. The Exmouth life-boat,...
Category: Services
None (18)
SICK MAN TAKEN OFF DRIFTER Humber, Yorkshire. At 3.18 on the morning of the 21st September, 1962, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a member of the crew of the drifter Tea Rose of Fraserburgh was thought to have...
Leander
On the evening of the 16th March information was received that the motor fishing boat Leander, with two men on board, was overdue. A squally W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea and rain squalls. Some time later it was re- ported that...
Past and Present
60 years ago From The Life-Boat of 1935 Usually this column illustrates how much the world of lifeboats has changed. Occasionally, however, in the pages of a slightly yellowing journal are words which stand out as being as true today as the...
Category: Articles
Prospect
PORT LOGAN.—A message by telephone was received from the coastguard at Drummore on the 25th January, reporting that a vessel was flying a signal of distress. The wind was blowing a moderate to a strong gale, the sea was heavy, and the...