LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

The Lizard and Falmouth, Cornwall.—• At 2.25 on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1956, the Lizard coast- guard reported that the raft L'Egare II needed the help of a life-boat about thirty miles south-west of Lizard Head, and that...

AT three in the afternoon of Sunday, the 3rd of April, the coastguard at Rossall told the coxswain of the life-boat that they could see a vessel outside the harbour in a dangerous position. She was about two miles away to the north-west of...

The 17m fishing vessel Crystal Sea was returning to harbour with a catch at 3am on 22 November when she hit rocks north of Howth Head.

As she sank, her crew of four jumped onto the rocks, where they activated their...

At 10 A.M. on the 9th March, the sloop Osprey, of Shields, whilst on a voyage from Shields to Dunbar, encountered a strong northerly gale, and, when off Berwick, sprang a leak. Finding himself in a sinking state, the master of the sloop bore...

Sir Arthur Reed, who was Member of Parliament for Exeter from 1931 to 1945, died on the 15th of January, 1961, at the age of 79. He joined the Com- mittee of Management in 1936. He served on the Finance and General Pur- poses Committees and...

TUG TAKEN IN TOW TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.

At 2.24 on the morning of the 12th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen about six miles east of Berwick,...

IN July, 1905, as will be seen by reference to the LIFE-BOAT JOURNAL for November, 1905, page 551, it was decided that three Life-boats should be installed with petrol motors, viz., Walton-on-the-Naze, Norfolk and Suffolk type, 43 ft. by 12...

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