LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (2)
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 10.45 on th? night of the 21st of September, 1957, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had left Cairnryan that afternoon for Ballantrae but had not arrived, and anxiety was felt for her. The...
The S.S. Seniority
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At 10.30 on the night of the 7th of November, 1950, the coastguard reported lights close inshore. Later he said a vessel had apparently gone aground, although she had made no distress signals. How- ever, at...
Hesperian
Penlee, Cornwall. At 3.14 on the morning of the 15th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the motor mechanic that the motor fishing vessel Hesperian was ashore west of Lamorna. At 3.40 the lifeboat W and S was launched in a moderate sea,...
Tony
On the morning of the 25th February the local motor fishing boat Tony put to sea, with the life-boat coxswain and two other men on board. Later in the day the weather turned rough, and the second coxswain made enquiries for the boat. The...
Muddy waters
How would the occupants of a yacht survive when it sank within seconds at the mouth of the Thames? Anne Millman finds out
On the overcast but cold morning of 17 February, Thames Coastguard at Waltonon- the-Naze heard an...
Category: Articles
Cornish Correspondent By John Corin
Honorary secretaries of today's lifeboat stations who sometimes find themselves buried in paperwork will be interested to see how one of their predecessors of a century ago had to cope with the minutiae as well as the more important...
Category: Articles
A Sailing Dinghy
Dinghy capsized A SMALL SAILING DINGHY capsized by the Mulberry harbour, Littlestone, was reported to Dover Coastguard at 1103 on Saturday September 6, 1980. Her crew, two young boys, were signalling for help and it was later learned that...
Whitby's 'Codfish'
In connection with the photograph of the codfish collecting box at Whitby, which appeared on page 172 of the October issue of THE LIFE-BOAT, it has been pointed out that the photograph was taken by Mr. A. Greenwood, of York, and that the man...
Category: Articles
Dr. E. H. Sears, of Minstead, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, Is Well Known to the R.N.L.I, for His Life-Boat Paintings. He Has Exhibited and Sold Pictures at Exhibitions Run By the Royal Society of Marine Arti
Dr. E. H. Sears, of Minstead, Lyndhurst, Hampshire, is well known to the R.N.L.I, for his life-boat paintings. He has exhibited and sold pictures at exhibitions run by the Royal Society of Marine Artists, Royal Institute of Oil Painters,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
South America
The Life-boat Elizabeth and Blanche was called out at 11.25 A.M. on the 13th March, by a tele- phone message which stated that a vessel was ashore about six miles south of the station. The boat proceeded to the vessel, which was found to be...