LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lord Alcester and Spartan
Shortly after 2 A.M. on the 18th February the ketch Lord Aleester, of London, and the ketch Spartan, of Montrose, collided about one and a half miles to the E.S.E.
of Palling. The No. 2 Life-boat Hearts I of Oak was...
Pioneer
BRIXHAM.—During a very strong from the E. with severe snow-storms and a very heavy sea, the trawler Pioneer, belonging -to Brixham, was observed close to the rocks near Fishcombe Point on the 10th March, having parted from her moorings, and...
Awards to Two Coxswains
The 1964 award made under the terms of the James Michael Bower Endowment Fund established by the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company has been made to Coxswain Harold Coyde, of Torbay, and Coxswain Daniel Kirkpatrick, of Longhope...
Category: Awards
A Fishing Boat (3)
Fowey, Cornwall.—16th November, 1938. A fishing boat had gone ashore at Mevagissey, but the crew were rescued by another boat and from the shore.—Rewards, £13 2*. 6d..
Several Admiralty Landing Craft
DECEMBER 10TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
Several Admiralty landing craft had been reported in difficulties, but they were able to go on their way without help.- Rewards, £7 13s..
An unexpected catch
When six teenagers fished into the early hours of a Summer morning, they suddenly became caught themselves
The group, aged 14–16, began night fishing from disused oyster beds at the north end of Langstone Harbour,...
Category: Articles
Portrait of a Coxswain
COXSWAIN JAMES TURPIN, who has been coxswain of the Fowey life-boat since 1959, was previously assistant mechanic from 1948, when he joined the crew, until his present appointment. In 1958 he swam 100 yards through broken water from the...
Category: Articles
A Meteor Aeroplane (2)
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire, Aberyst- wyth, Cardiganshire, Barmouth, Meri- onethshire, and Pwllheli, Caernarvon- shire.
At 3.19 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1952, the Fishguard coast- guard telephoned to the Fishguard...
The S.S. Eika II
At 10.20A.M. on the 10th September ! a violent explosion was heard on board I a steamer in the vicinity of the Cross j Sand, and as it was thought that the ! vessel had been mined the No. 1 Life- ! boat Marie Lane was dispatched to her j...
The S.S. Intendant J. Patrizi
Dover, Kent.—In the morning of the 21st of November, 1949, the S.S.
Intendant J. Patrizi, of Rouen, which had been ashore off Seabrook, was steaming towards Dover in a very rough sea with a whole southerly gale blowing and...