LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Baron Elibank
Dover, Kent.—-At 9.35 in the morning of the 21st of August, 1948, the Sand- gate coastguard reported information from the s.s. Baron Elibank that two men had been seen in a rowing boat eight miles east by south of Dover, and the motor...
Maartje, of Rotterdam
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford; and Kilmore, Co. Wexford. At 12.20 early on the morning of the 14th July, 1961,pilots at Dunmore East reported that the coaster Maartje of Rotterdam needed help ten miles south-west of Hook Town, as her engines...
Services by Shore-Boats (8)
ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At about 11 A.M on the 12th June, 1939, information was received that a girl had fallen down the cliffs at Haggington Beach, Hele Bay. A strong boat was borrowed for the job, and the Institution’s petrol was used.- Rewards...
Category: Services
A Steamer (17)
NOVEMBER 28TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A steamer had been seen in difficulties entering Castlebay harbour, but she did not need the life-boat’s help. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary Argo
— On the morning of the 1st May the coastguard reported that a vessel was ashore at Copt Point, between Hythe and Folke- stone. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea, and the weather was foggy. At first it was thought that...
United States Life-Saving Service
AT the close of the fiscal year ended the 30th June, 1901, the Life-saving Estab- lishment of the United States embraced 270 stations, an increase of 1 as com- pared with the previous year. Of this total (270) 195 were situated on the...
Category: Articles
Our Branches
Where would the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION be without its Branches, of which there are nearly 400 spread over England, Scotland and Ireland! The Committee of Management of the Institution, as stated by them in their annual reports...
Category: Branches
Chalon
Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 12.30 p.m. on igth June, 1967, a message was received that the motor fishing vessel Chalon, which had left Campbeltown on the 18th to attend to her lobster pots at Arran, had broken down on the return journey...
Margaret and Ann
NAIRN.—The fishing-yawl Margaret and Ann was seen in the bay, about five hundred yards east of Nairn harbour, in a critical position, while a gale was blowing from the S.W. and a high sea was running, at about 1 P.M. on the 27th June. She...
The Sonja
Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 2.10 P.M. on the 5th October, 1939, the Southend coastguard reported that a vessel had stranded on the Skerryvore Reef, Machrihanish. It was thought that the services of a tug might beneeded, and the tug...