LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary
PROPELLER LOST At 9.23 p.m. on 2yth June, 1965, the honorary secretary heard from the coastguard that a coble four miles north-east of Whitby was waving a flag. The lifeboat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 9.30. There was a gentle westerly...
Danmark
At 3 P.H. on the 3rd of October, a large barque was seen ashore an the West Gunfleet Sands, and with the aid of a powerful telescope a signal of distress was made out. The crew of the Albert Edward Life-boat were at once summoned, and the...
Moana
Plymouth, South Devon.—At ten o'clock on the morning of the 17th of June, 1956, the life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse put out from her ] moorings on an exercise in a smooth sea. A fresh north-north-westerly breeze was blowing, and...
Awards to Coxswains
DUIUNI; September and October the following awards were made to Cox- swains :— ; To THOMAS LANGLANDS, on Ms retirement after serving continuously as Coxswain for 43 years—22 years as Coxswain of the Upgang Life-boat, and 21 years as Coxswain...
Category: Awards
A PADDLE TOO FAR
How many people does it take to save a life? As a mother and son found out last summer, it can take a village
It was almost 5am on Tuesday 14 August when the crew at Skerries Lifeboat Station were woken by their pagers. A...
Category: Articles
Sea Lion
The Grimsby trawler Sea Lion, carrying a crew of nine, ran ashore at Dimlington early on the morning of the 2nd April. A gentle N.W. breeze was blowing, but there was a heavy swell on the beach. The pulling and sailing life-boat Docea...
East Coast
VELLUM FOR BALLYCOTTON COXSWAIN Ballycotton, and Courtmacsherry, Co.
Cork.—At 5.40 in the afternoon of the 6th of November, 1947, Mrs. M. L.
Blake, of Ballycotton picked up a wireless call from the...
One Man, one vision
Imagine you’re out at sea, having fallen from a boat somewhere off the coast of the UK or Republic of Ireland. You’re treading cold, rough water.
And then you hear engines, and you see a splash...
Category: Articles
The Screw Steamer Alexandra, of London
Early on the morning of the 9th February, a rocket was seen from | the end of the Breakwater, thrown in an easterly direction, denoting a vessel re- quiring assistance. As the weather was comparatively fine at the time the pilots' and...
Hector
The No. 1 Life-boat of this station, the Parsee, after two unsuccessful attempts, boarded the Hector, a brigantine of New- castle, which on the 9th December was run ashore by her crew to avoid foundering.
This service was...