LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Faroese Fishing Smack Else
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 7.30 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1961, a message was received that a vessel was on fire off Duncansby Head. There was a light north-easterly breeze with a slight sea, and it was almost low water. At eight...
Scottish Maid
A fortnight later, on Thursday June 4, the fishing vessel Scottish Maid on passage from Wick to Kirkwall went ashore half a mile south of Noss Head Light; there were three men on board.
It was a fine night with variable...
Holidays Galore
Scotland's 1983 Holidays Galore prize draw, which grossed about £10,000 for the lifeboats by the sale of tickets by branches and guilds, took place on August 5.
First prize, a cruise to Faroes on the Smyril Line MF... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sanserit
FEBRUARY 13TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESS- SHIRE. At 2.50 A.M. the Wick coastguard reported by telephone that signals of distress had been seen in Scrabster Bay, and at 3.30 A.M. the motor life-boat H.C.J. was launched. A strong N.N.E. gale was...
Lifeboat Services
North Eastern Division North Sea Hurricane FORCE 9-10 north north east wind; rough sea with a heavy swell; low water; visibility down to about a half to one mile on an overcast morning with frequent hail and snow squalls; Flamborough...
Category: Services
The RNLI and me: John Challis
As ‘Boycie’ he was a selfish yuppie keen to show his superiority – but in real life, actor John Challis is in awe of the lifeboat crews he generously supports
What’s your first...
Category: Articles
Gem and Tut
ENGLISH AND DANISH FISHING BOATS IN DISTRESS Runswick, and Whitby, Yorkshire.—At half-past one in the afternoon of the 17th of December, 1947, information was telephoned from Whitby to Runs- wick that the fishing boat Gem, belong- ing...
Commot, of Whitby
On the 30th September, whilst the schooner Commot, of Whitby, bound from Lowestoft to Sea- ham, in ballast, was riding at anchor in Sandsend Roads, the wind suddenly changed from N.W. to N. by E., causing the vessel to part from one anchor....
River Nith, of Liverpool
The Life- boat John Ashbury, on this station went off, during a strong wind, before daybreak on the 20th February, in response to signals of distress shown by the ship River Nith, of Liverpool, which was bound to that port from Calcutta with...
Bird of Freedom
About 1.30 P.M.
on the 16th October a fishing boat was observed to be on the Mole Rocks to the eastward of the breakwater ; at the time it was blowing a moderate gale from S.E.
with a rough sea. Without...