LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Adjutor, of Stavanger
ARBROATH.—On the 15th December the Life-boat People's Journal No. 2, aided by a steam-tug, was enabled to save and get into the harbour the Norwegian schooner Adjutor, of Stavanger. There was a strong S. wind and heavy sea at the...
Fishing Boats
ARBROATH.—Four fishing-boats having been overtaken by a heavy sea on the 15th January, the Life-boat William Souter was launched at 6 P.M., as the boats would incur considerable danger in crossing the bar, on which the water was breaking...
Two B.E.M's.
Coxswain William Swankie, of Arbroath, who won the bronze medal of the Institution in February, 1940, for going to the help of a barge which wa» being bombed by a German aeroplane, and Coxswain Patrick Murphy, of Newcastle, Co. Down,...
Category: Articles
Dominance
Arbroath, Angus. At six o'clock on the evening of the 9th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore half a mile east of Arbroath. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched at 6.11 in...
Fishing Boats
At 12.30 p.m. on 9th March, 1967, five Arbroath fishing boats were approaching the harbour and, as the wind and sea had risen suddenly, the harbour entrance wasdangerous. The life-boat The Duke of Montrose was launched at 12.35 in a gale...
Scottish Fisheries Museum Anstruther:
Scottish Fisheries Museum, Anstruther: at a ceremony on February 17 five plaques commemorating the Scottish lifeboatmen from Fraserburgh, Arbroath, Broughty Ferry and Longhope who have lost their lives at sea since the end of World War II... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats (2)
GOURDOR, JOHNSHAVEN, MONTROSE AND ARBROATH. — A strong gale suddenly sprung up on the east coast of Scotland on the morning of the 6th January and the fishing fleets were compelled to return as quickly as possible to the...
New Year Honours
AMONG those associated with the life- boat service on whom honours were be- stowed in the New Year's Honours List were:— K.C.V.O.
PHILIP HAY, Esq., c.v.o., T.D., Private Secretary and Comptroller to...
Category: Awards
Fishing Boats (1)
Arbroath, Angus.—About 11.45 on the morning of the 27th of October, 1952, the coastguard reported that fishing boats were still at sea in deteriorating weather and that conditions at the harbour bar were dangerous. The life-boat Robert...
Fishing Boats
GOURDOR, JOHNSHAVEN, MONTROSE AND ARBROATH. — A strong gale suddenly sprung up on the east coast of Scotland on the morning of the 6th January and the fishing fleets were compelled to return as quickly as possible to the...