LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Coral Isle
Anstruther, Fifeshire. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 8th of January, 1959, the assistant honorary secretary was informed that a message had been received from the fishing vessel Coral Isle of North Shields that one of her fishermen was...
Gang Warily (1)
Two lifeboats in rescue of fishing boat crew from foot of sheer cliffsCoxswain Peter Race of the Teesmouth Lifeboat has been awarded the Institution's Bronze medal for bravery following the rescue of two men from the fishing vessel Gang...
St. Ronan
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 12th of October, 1952, the Wick coastguard telephoned that the trawler St. Ronan, of Hull, had run on the rocks at St.
John's Point, near John...
Current affairs
Ireland’s ‘voice of the sea’ may have stepped away from the microphone – but Tom MacSweeney is as vocal as ever when it comes to marine matters
For two decades, Tom MacSweeney’s voice has been synonymous with Ireland’s...
Category: Articles
Saint Ronan
Port Erin, Isle of Man. At six o'clock on the morning of the 9th of July, 1958, a member of the branch committee telephoned the honorary secretary to say he had been woken by the noise of a ship's siren sounding several short blasts...
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Category: Advertisement
Fairy Queen
The fishing-skiff, Fairy Queen, of Campbel- town, was caught in a heavy N.E. gale on the evening of the 7th February, and was not able to make the harbour.
During the whole of the next day the gale increased, and the skiff...
Roman Empress, of Shields
on 9th Feb., saved 10 men from the brig Roman Empress, of Shields..
Victor Rojas, "The Providence of the Shipwrecked."
Victor Rojas "The Providence of the Shipwrecked". - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Sticky situation
Weston-super-Mare’s lifeboats were needed on 31 May when a family of nine, including six children, got stuck in mud at the mouth of the River Axe.
The crew of the D class lifeboat were forced to beach her alongside the...
Category: Articles