LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Susilla
High and dry on the Solway Firth From the shifting sand and mud banks of the Solway Firth, the grounded yacht Susiila radioed for help. It took a joint service by Workington and Silloth Lifeboats to locate the yacht and find a way to reach...
Left to right: Declan Gaudion, Wayne Chandler, Francois Jean, Phil Murray, David McAllister and Marie Gaudion, Alderney D class lifeboat
Left to right: Declan Gaudion, Wayne Chandler, Francois Jean, Phil Murray, David McAllister and Marie Gaudion, Alderney D class lifeboat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1875
Jan. 1.—JOHN ROWNAN, of Knalton, Co. Wa- terford, on the occasion' of the wreck of the barque Gwmissa, at Knalton Cove, afforded shel- ter to 3 of the crew who had got ashore, and af- terwards assisted to save 6 others of- the crew, all...
Category: Articles
Faith Ann
Disabled and drifting with a fouled propeller, the fishing boat Faith Ann was in trouble in storm force winds, 50 miles off Orkney. Soon after midday on 26 April the Shetland Coastguard requested the launch of the Stromness lifeboat on a...
The South Rock Lightvessel
SICK MAN BROUGHT ASHORE Cloughey, Co. Down.—At 1.30 in the afternoon of January 4th, 1947, the South Rock Light-vessel was seen to be firing distress signals. A light north-easterly breeze was blowing and the sea was moderate. The motor life...
Contents
Royal National Lifeboat Institution Contents Volume 54 Number 534 Chairman: SIR MICHAEL VERNON Director and Secretary: LT CDR BRIAN MILES CBE RD FNI RNR Editor: MIKE FLOYD Editorial Assistant: JON JONES Advertisement Manager: JOHN FARNHILL...
Category: Contents
Venus, Success, Easter Morn, Noel II, Gallilee, Provider
Whitby, Yorkshire.—Early in the morning of the 29th April, 1938, the localfishing fleet put to sea. At 11 A.M. the Venus, Success, Easter Morn, Noel II, Gallilee and Provider were off the Rock Buoy, waiting for the tide to rise. The...
Hilda II, Rachel, Betty Sheader, Rosemary and Easter Morn
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 25th of October, 1954, the weather worsened while four local fishing cobles were at sea, and at 11.15 the life-boat E.C.J.R. was launched in a flooding tide. The sea was heavy, and a fresh...
Venus, Easter Morn, Provider, Gallilee, Endeavour and Success
Whitby, Yorkshire.-—At noon on the 5th December a strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a very heavy ground sea, and seas were breaking heavily outside the harbour entrance, making it very dangerous for the local motor fishing boatsfishing...
British Oakand and Don Pat
MCH. 20TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.34 P.M. the R.N. Shore Signal Station reported that rockets had been seen at Warden Point, coming from the Nore and Mouse Light-vessels. The sea was rough, with a strong squally W.N.W. breeze....