LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary and Martha
While a strong gale was blowing from the S., accompanied by a very heavy sea, on the night of the 5th October, signals of distress were shown by the schooner Mary and Martha, bound from Queensferry for Dundalk, laden with bricks, which had...
Naive, Salamander and Abigail
GALE SPRINGS UP DURING OCEAN RACE Bridlington, Yorkshire. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 22nd June, 1962, the Royal Yorkshire Yacht Club's Outer Dowsing ocean race started with about sixteen yachts taking part. By three o'...
Margaret and Elizabeth
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 6th February, at about 9 P.M., while a whole gale was blowing from S.E. with a blinding snowstorm, a trawler entered the harbour and reported that she had passed a sunken schooner, the water being several feet...
Black and Tan
Moelfre, Anglesey.—At 11.35 on the morning of the 13th of August, 1956.
the local look-out reported that a small yacht appeared to be in difficulties and was drifting out to sea. The life- boat Watkin Williams was launched...
Father and Son Unite
son unite Clacton lifeboat crew were sorry to say goodbye to crewman and mechanic Dave Carvey as he reached the inshore lifeboat retirement age of 45.
However, there was some comfort for them in the arrival of another of... - View image in PDF
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Swift and Julia
CASTLETOWN, ISLE OF MAN.—On the afternoon of the 8th December two flags of distress were observed in Derbyhaven Bay during a gale from the W.S.W. The Hope Life-boat was launched at about 3.30 and brought ashore the crew, consisting of five...
Saboo and Lygra
TWO LIFE-BOATS PUT OUT TO YACHT IN GALE Filey, and Scarborough, Yorkshire.
At 1.22 on the afternoon of the 24th June, 1962, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary at Filey a message intercepted from the coaster...
Overladen and Unseaworthy Ships
THE Loss OF THE UTOPIA.
THE loss of a fine ship of 1,000 tons or more, with a valuable cargo on board, is- so frequent an occurence now-a-days, and yet the aggregate of such losses forms so small a per-centage to the...
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People and Places
St David's Royal visit In May, Her Majesty Queen Mamahato B Seeiso the Queen Mother and her son Prince Seeiso B Seeiso of Lesotho, South Africa, visited St David's lifeboat station. They were in St David's to sign a twinning...
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Page and Moy.
Lifeboats Our 2007 programme includes 21 superb cruises with many fascinating new itineraries - our best ever line up of celebrities and guest speakers.
and to top it all the Ocean Majesty has had a £1 million...
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