LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
September (1)
HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. On the afternoon of the 30th June, 1941, two women with two small children were cut off by the rising tidebetween the baths and wooden jetty at Hoylake. The weather was fine and the sea calm. Their plight was seen from the...
Category: Services
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The turning of the tide Three men were enjoying a day's angling at Aberporth when they were caught out by the biggest tide of the year. Within moments the trio were stranded on rocks, 100m from the shore ^^Despite the bad weather, many...
British Sub-Aqua Club
These men are about to undertake an eight mile underwater snorkel swim along the Tees between Yarm Bridge and the river road, Stockton. They are (I to r) Ian Turner, Bob Dodds, Richard Linton and Derek Saunders.
Of the 50... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ina, of Blyth
Blyth, Northumberland. — At about 11.50 A.M. on the 8th December, 1937, it was reported to the coxswain that the motor fishing boat Ina, of Blyth, with a. crew of two, was out fishing.
The weather had got worse since she...
A Minesweeper (1)
JULY 21ST. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. At 9.45 P.M. the harbour master reported that a minesweeper was aground east of Gut Gas Buoy. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea.
Another message said that the...
"Stand By Vessel."
Anchor Chanty.
BY CAPTAIN Q. C. A. CRAUFURD, R.N., honorary secretary of the Dungeness life-boat station.
" She therefore stood by the vessel until dawn."—Honorary Secretary's...
Category: Songs
Books
• Now that This is Rough Weather Sailing has been written by Erroll Bruce, everyone thinking of going offshore, cruising or racing, should read it. Those whose interest is purely in the work of the rescue services should read it, too, for it...
Category: Articles
Across the Revetment of the Mersey
THERE was a full southerly gale blowing off-New Brighton last September 15th, with frequent squalls of rain, and the sea was very rough. Soon after half- past one in the afternoon the coastguard noticed a three-masted schooner at anchor in...
Category: Services
Robert and Elizabeth
NEW BRIGHTON.—The coast-guard on duty having reported a signal of distress in the Crosby Channel at 10 P.M. on the 25th February, the steam Life-boat Queen proceeded in the direction indicated and found the schooner Robert and Elizabeth, of...
Saleta and Terminist
Walmer, Kent. At 1.42 early on the morning of the 1st of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen four to five miles south-east of the look-out.
At two o'clock the...