LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Fishing Boats
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AS BOATS CROSS BAR Arbroath, Angus. At 3.35 on the afternoon of the 15th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the motor mechanic that two local fishing boats were awaiting the tide to enter...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Ocean Venture, Lead Us, and Wakeful
Whitby, Yorkshire - At 12.40 p.m.
on 5th January, 1967, news was received that three local fishing vessels were still at sea and the weather was deteriorating rapidly with very heavy seas breaking at the approach to the...
Shallow Waters, of Jersey
At 5.46 p.m. on 25th April, 1967, information was received that a fishing boat returning from the Minquiers had engine trouble and was taking in water.
The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station,...
Terra Nova, Girl Ann
Kirkcudbright - At 5 p.m. on 29th July, 1967, it was reported that a boat hadgone ashore and broken up on the north side of Ross Bay. It was thought that the casualty might be the local motor fishing vessel Girl Ann which was out fishing at...
White Wings
Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At 7 p.m.
on 9th December, 1965, the honorary secretary was told that the local fishing boat White Wings was dragging her moorings and was in danger of becoming a complete wreck. There was no one...
Burry Port
This is what to do with your lifeboat after she has come out of service for the winter: push her for 12 miles along the road between Burry Port, Dyfed, and Loughor, pass a few pubs on the way and with the sponsorship collected in each pub... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Graceful Lady
Gear Box Failure ON SUNDAY, September 16, 1973, a local fisherman at Wells, Norfolk, informed the coxswain's wife that the 54' fishing vessel Graceful Lady, on passage from Great Yarmouth to Wells, was stranded on the east side of...
Mother's Joy
TOW FOR FISHING COBLE AFTER SEARCH Newbiggin, Northumberland. At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 10th April, 1962, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that the local fishing coble Mother's Joy, which was overdue, was thought to have...
Lady Molly
GUIDED TO BOAT BY PARAFFIN FLARES Hastings, Sussex. At 8.35 on the evening of the 6th October, 1962, two members of the local angling club reported that the motor boat Mahaba was overdue. There was a light northeast breeze with a smooth sea....
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SICK CHILD TAKEN FROM ISLAND IN GALE Gahvay Bay. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 8th March, 1963, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat could take a child suffering from appendicitis to Rossaveel for...