LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Some Unusual Services
Rescue of Bathers.
DURING the summer there have, been several unusual calls made upon Life- boats, and in four cases it has been found necessary to launch them to bathers in distress. At Sennen Cove, on the afternoon of...
Category: Services
A Small Rowing Boat (1)
Donaghadee, Co. Down. — On the afternoon of the 15th September the motor life-boat Civil Service No. 5 was returning to harbour after her quarterly exercise when a small rowing boat was seen near Foreland Point. Owing to cross currents this...
J. W. A., of Newquay
During a strong gale from the N.N.E., and in a heavy sea, on the 21st February, two i vessels were at anchor in this roadstead.
One of them was labouring very heavily; ' and at last she exhibited a signal of dis...
Luisa
CREW MEMBER INJURED ON BOARD YACHT Plymouth, Devon. At 9.27 on the evening of the 13th March, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed that a small white yacht with two men on board was on the breakwater 200 to 300 yards east of the fort....
Fishing Boats (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—During the morn- ing of the 24th of March, 1954, a north-easterly gale overtook the local fishing fleet of twelve motor boats and six small cobles. At 7.32 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepzvorth, was launched. There was a...
Summer Rose
At 7.23 p.m. 27th June, 1967, it was learned that a distress message had been received from a vessel in a position threemiles north east of Whitby. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepwonh was launched at 7.30 in a calm sea. It was one and a half...
The Keel Boat Prosperity
MAY 7TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE. At 7.15 A.M. the coastguard reported that a keel boat three miles off was showing a distress signal. She was the Prosperity, of Whitby, with a crew of five. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea was...
Adventure, of Harwick
On the night of the 3rd November, the smack Adventure, of Harwich, ran ashore on the North Sand, near Yarmouth. The Institution's smaller life- boat at that place was quickly launched through a high surf, and succeeded in taking off her...
Caterina
WINTEBTON, NORFOLK.—The fishingsmack Caterina, of Boulogne, stranded on Hasborongh Sand on the 25th Jane. The Winterton No. 2 Life-boat Husband went to her assistance, and remained by her for about three hours until she floated, when the...
An Aerial View of Ramsey Sound from the North the Bitches Can Be Seen As a Thin Line of Rocks Running Eastwards Into the Sound Off the Island of Ramsey on The
An aerial view of Ramsey Sound from the north. The Bitches can be seen as a thin line of rocks running eastwards into the sound off the island of Ramsey on the right.
Photograph by courtesy of West Air Photography.View image in PDF
Category: Photographs