LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Fishing vessel aground A DISTRESS CALL asking for lifeboat assistance from the fishing vessel Admiral Van Tromp was passed to the honorary secretary of Whitby lifeboat station by Whitby Coastguard at 0302 on Thursday, September 30, 1976; the...

Pictured ( l - r ) : Mrs Maureen McLoughlin, President of Howth Ladies Guild; Mrs Jane Spears who delivered the lifeboat to the RNLI on behalf of the late Mr Roy Barker; and Mrs Geraldine Coulter. - View image in PDF

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THE new life-boat house at Lytham-St.

Anne's was opened by the Mayor of Lytham-St. Anne's, Councillor N. S.

Utley, on Sunday, the 26th of June, 1960. The ceremony followed the tradi- tional...

EARLY in the afternoon of the 9th December, 1938, the open motor crabber, Channel Pride, of Dartmouth, was overtaken by a sudden gale off Coombe Point, Dartmouth. She had two men on board. Her skipper decided to return at once, but the...

ALDBOROOUGH, SUFFOLK.—At 7.30 AM.

on the 6th December, 1883, a sudden gale from the N.I. sprang up accompanied by a very rough sea. The fleet of fishing boats was out, and two of the boats were unable to cross the shoals....

BRIDLINGTON QUAY, YORKSHIRE. —On 3rd January the Life-boat George and Jane Walker was called out to the assistance of two sailing vessels which had been towed into the bay and left at anchor. During the night the wind changed into the E.S.E....

WALTON-ON-NAZE, ESSEX.—At 9.30 A.M. on the 26th Feb., 1904, a telephone message was received from the Gunfleet Lighthouse stating that a vessel was aground on the sands. The crew and helpers of the Life-boat James Stevens No. 14 were at once...