LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ferndene
Longhope, Orkneys. At 3.32 p.m. on 23rd July, 1965, the motor vessel Ferndene of Sunderland was reported to have developed a dangerous list. She was off the north coast of Stroma island and her crew of seven had inflated a life-raft in...
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RNLI News What's happening in and around the Institution A Message From the Director The RNLI's Director Brian Miles looks back on a successful 1991 Ceremonies Naming and dedication ceremonies around the country Built To Order, Built...
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Phillis and Mary, of Blyth
At daylight on the 12th September the brig Phillis and Mary, of Blyth, which had been dismasted during a fearful hurricane the previous night, was observed, with signals of distress flying, off this coast. The life- boats stationed at...
County of Ayr, of Glasgow,
ARKLOW, IRELAND.—At 8.30 P.M. on the 19th March, the weather being fine and clear, and the wind moderate, the ship County of Ayr, of Glasgow, bound from Glasgow to Batavia, stranded on the Jack>s Hole- a Part of the Arklow Banks. whlch...
The Lizzie Morton, of St. Ives (1)
LTNMOUTH AND ILFRACOMBE, DEVON.— On the 19th March the Lizzie Morton, of St. Ives, encountered a heavy squall, when off Lynmouth, which carried away her foremast, bowsprit, and bulwarks; in a helpless state she subsequently drifted before a...
Marie
On the 17th November, during a very heavy gale of wind and in a high sea, a Prussian brig was seen hoisting signals of distress off this place. The Baroness Windsor life-boat was promptly launched, and proceeded to her assistance. Three...
Helene Lohden and Restitution
Shortly before 1 A.M. on the 23th January the Coast- guard reported that signals of distress had been fired by the St. Nicholas Light-vessel. As quickly as possible the crew of the No 1. Life-boat Mark Lane were assembled, and the Life-boat,...
Hebe
During a heavy W.N.W. gale, which was experi- enced on the Lancashire coast on the 11 th December, the Life-boats were called out to the assistance of the steamer Hebe, of Bergen, bound from Norway to Preston with a cargo of wood pulp. The...
Ornen
NORTH SUNDERLAND.— The Life-boat Thomas Bewick was called out on service on the afternoon of the 4th of April to the assistance of the barque Ornen, of Frederickstadt, which was water-logged,and had driven on the Greenhill Sands, striking a...
Ilfracombe Visitors' Book
IT should be of interest to Life-boat workers, particularly those connected with Stations at seaside resorts, to read the following summary of the visitors' book kept at the Ilfracombe Boat-house in the summer of last year. During the...
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