LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pilot Me II and the S.S. Arthur Wright
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 8th of January, 1956, anxiety was felt for the safety of the local fishing boat Pilot Me II, as the weather was worsening. The life-boat crew assembled, but at 6.30 the coast- guard rang...
A Raft
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—12th April, 1939. A raft had got adrift with a boy aboard, but before help came he was drowned.—Rewards, £8 18s. 6d..
A Raft
FEBRUARY 1 3TH. - ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE. At 10.15 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an object had been seen in the sea one and a half miles to the north-west. The sea was rough, with a heavy ground swell. A moderate...
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Troon, Ayrshire.—At 10 P.M. on the 19th February, 1938, the harbour look-out reported that a fishing boat had not returned as expected. Later a mast-light was seen, and as it was stationary, the motor life-boat Sir David Richmond of Glasgow...
The Danish Auxiliary Schooner Doris, of Thuro
ON the morning of 26th September last a three-masted Danish auxiliary schooner, the-Doris, of Thuro, attempted to enter the harbour at Hartlepool. A strong N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea and rain, and Hartlepool Bay was all...
Close to home
Last Summer, RNLI lifeguards and lifeboat crews saved the lives of 82 children and teenagers – but they can’t prevent every drowning, as mum-of-two Bethany Hope reports
Tragedy hit the...
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After the War.
It must not be thought that because receipts exeeeded expenditure, by over £100,000 the Institution is getting more money than it needs. That £100,000 would in a normal year have all been spent in building new boats, and, if the...
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The Fundraisers (1)
Banking on their support Among the thousands competing in the New York marathon last November was a young lady wearing a Lizard lifeboat Tshirt.
The young lady in question was Elizabeth Foster, born and bred in Mullion, but...
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Ex-Coxswain John Watters
EX-COXSWAIN JOHN WAITERS Ex-coxswain John Watters died on 2nd September, 1965, aged 66. He had been coxswain of Fowey life-boat for more than 25 years and was awarded the RNLFs bronze medal for gallantry in 1947 f°r a difficult and...
Category: Obituaries