LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gwalia
Shortly before noon on the 9th January, the schooner Gwalia, of Drogheda, bound from Liverpool with coal, was observed in the Bay showing signals of distress.
The crew of the Life-boat Brother and Sister were at once...
Kingfisher and Just Reward
The life- boat crew kept a watch on the morning of the 4th November, as the local fishing cobles Kingfisher and Just Reward were at sea, an east gale had sprung up and the sea was making. At 12.30 P.M. the sea was very rough and the second...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 5.30 on the evening of the 20th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary that a man had fallen over the cliff at Monkstone beach, and that a doctor who was attending him had asked for the...
Aurelia
TENDER AND CABIN CRUISER BOTH BREAK DOWN Rhyl, Flintshire. At 9.35 on the morning of the 23rd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tender from the Rhyl yacht club had broken down in an attempt to tow in the...
Frandor
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 4.4 on the afternoon of 21st April, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an explosion had occurred aboard the motor vessel Frandor in a position four miles south- west-by-west...
Sammax
JANUARY 19TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 6.30 in the evening the vice-admiral at Dover requested the services of the life-boat to take a doctor to the British steamer Sammax. A north-west gale was blowing, with snow, and the sea was rough. In that...
Canpida
CAISTER.—At midnight on the 25th January, flares were seen on the Barber Sand. A yawl was launched and sailed ;o the Sand, but found that the sea therewas heavier than had been expected. At 12.40 the Life-boat Eeauchamp put off, as the...
Prince Consort
SUNDERLAND.—The brig Prince Consort, of Faversham, was being towed to Sunderland in ballast when, on the 2nd September, the steam-tug ran ashore in a thick fog and was followed by the brig.
Signals of distress were...
Ministry of Transport Award
THE Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, Mr. Harold Watkinson, has awarded the Ministry's shield for the best rescue service of the year to the Collieston (Aberdeen) Coast Life-saving Company for the rescue by breeches buoy of the...
Category: Awards
Ability
Aberdeen. At 11.6 p.m. on 30th April, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Ability of Kirkcaldy had gone ashore below the Girdleness lighthouse. The coastguard had tried to contact the vessel's...