LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bempton
Stromness, Orkneys.—At 2.10 on the afternoon of the 13th of February, 1954, the Kirkwall coastguard rang up to say that the steam trawler Bempton, of Aberdeen, had run ashore between Wason's Buoy and Scapa, and at 2.27 the life-boat...
Crescence
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 11.35 on the morning of the 3rd of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secietary that the motor vessel Crescence of Rochester was aground off the old pier buoy in St. Ives Bay. At 11.42 the life-boat...
Catherine Anne
Caister, Norfolk. At 7.55 a.m. on 29th October, 1965, the mechanic told the coxswain that a small fishing boat was burning red flares. The life-boat The Royal Thames was launched at 8.10 in a fresh westerly breeze and moderate seas, two...
A Cabin Cruiser
Arbroath, Angus - At 10.40 a.m.
on 13th August, 1967, the motor mechanic was informed that a cabin cruiser was in difficulties near Fairway buoy at the mouth of the Tay. A yacht in the vicinity had been unable to tow the...
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NOV. 25TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
Two heavy explosions at sea had been reported. The life-boat went first to the East Newcombe Buoy but found nothing.
She then went north to Corton Light-vessel which told...
Letters
Thirty-five years back • Commander Pearson's encounter with the lifeboat service off the Scottish coast during the last war, described in his letter published in the spring issue of THE LIFEBOAT, interested me very much. Having spent a...
Category: Correspondence
A Rowing Boat
Capsized rowing boat TWO FISHERMEN of Newbiggin launched their ferrier rowing boat to go out to their keep-box moored offshore at about 1115 on Friday, January 31, 1975.
When only a short distance from the shore, some 50 to...
Floating fireball
When a catamaran began pouring out smoke and flames, the lives of two sailors and their parrot were at stake.
It was clear, with a light south-westerly breeze and low tide when Powerboat Instructor Jono Garton (28) looked...
Category: Articles
Looking fore and aft
What’s it like to take a lifeboat through stormy seas while saving supporters from the muddy waters of legalese? Solicitor and former Coxswain John Stewart explains
‘I’m adjusting well but want to get used to being away...
Category: Articles
The Stranding of the Steamships "Mohegan," "Labrador," "Stella" and "Paris."
WITHIN the last twelve months four remarkable cases of the stranding of large steamships have taken place on our shores, each of such vessels carrying a numerous crew besides a considerable number of passengers. Two of these steamers in the...
Category: Articles