LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
York City and Junella and Gertrude
Aberdeen.—At 11.19 on the morning of the 29th of January, 1956, the coast- guard rang up to say that a message had been received from the Stone- haven radio station that the trawlers York City, of Grimsby, and Junella, of Hull, had picked up...
Realf
New Brighton, Cheshire; Beaumaris, and Moelfre, Anglesey ; Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire ; and Llandudno, Caernarvonshire.
—25th February. Early in the morning the tanker Realf, of London, which was bound for Liverpool, in...
Blyth: CHOIR HITS TOP NOTE FOR KIT
Sing United entertained a sell-out audience at the Discovery Museum, Newcastle, in their first show together as a choir – raising a remarkable £1,339 to help save lives at sea. Pupils from Stocksfield Avenue Primary School and Stormy...
Category: Articles
Mrs Wendy Greenhalgh
MAY 1990: Mrs Wendy Greenhalgh, honorary treasurer of Bury Ladies'guild since 1981 and committee member for 15 years..
Category: Obituaries
Edith
At 2.15 P.M.
on the 29th September, the Prawle Coastguard telephoned that a man had swum ashore for help from a motor-boat which was in difficulties off Prawle Point. A moderate E.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea...
Craignair
Torbay, Devon.—At 7.42 P.M. on the 1st June, 1938, the Babbacombe Corinthian Sailing Club informed the Berry Head coastguard that a vessel was flying a distress signal a mile and a half east of Oddicombe, and the coastguard informed the life...
Douglas
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. At 2.30 on the afternoon of the 18th of May, 1959, the honorary secretary noticed that the motor fishing vessel Douglas had run aground near the harbour entrance.
There was a heavy sea running, and...
Elena R
NOV. 22ND. - WEYMOUTH, DORSET.
At 11.25 P.M. a message was received from the Wyke Regis coastguard that a vessel had been sunk by enemy action near the Shambles Light-vessel. A strong S.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea...
The World Flounder Tramping Championship at Palnackie Kirkcudbrightshire Made £549 for the Rnli and a Lot of Scrubbing Necessary for Competitors Like Shaun and Terry Harper Pictured Her
The World Flounder Tramping Championship at Palnackie, Kirkcudbrightshire, made £549 for the RNLI and a lot of scrubbing necessary for competitors like Shaun and Terry Harper pictured here; there were 290 entries from all over the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Polaris
Shortly be- fore 10 A.M. on 9th January information was received through the Coastguard that a steamer was ashore on Sizewell Bank, about half a mile N.W. of the Sizewell Bank Buoy. She was found later to be the s.s. Polaris, of Stockholm,...