LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
May
St. Ives, Cornwall. On the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1958, anxiety was felt by local fisherman for the safety of the fishing boat May, of St. Ives, as she had not returned from the fishing grounds. The wind was freshening quickly to...
Queen
Nov. 5TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 6.30 P.M. a message was received from the New Brighton Stage that a fishing boat appeared to be out of control and drifting. Later flares were seen off the Rip Rap Buoy. A moderate S.S.E. gale was...
Boy Jermyn
OCTOBER 20TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.30 on the night of the 19th the coastguard reported that a steamer in the harbour was making signals of distress. A strong westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The life-boat crew...
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JUNE 3RD. - DOVER, KENT. During the morning six children belonging to the Dover garrison were cut off by the tide under Shakespeare Cliff. A moderate N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor boarding boat William Myatt, attached to...
Isabella
At 2.15 in the afternoon on Wednesday the 20th February, distress signals were hoisted on a schooner in the bay, which was riding heavily and dragging her anchors.
There was a N.N.W. gale blowing at the time and a rough sea...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—At 9.30 on the night of the 2nd of February, 1956, a doctor at Bunbeg reported that the priest at Tory Island was ill and asked if the life-boat would take him to the mainland for hospital treatment. The island had...
Douglas Lifeboat the 46' 9" Watson R a Colby Cubbin No 1 Which Kept Watch Over Cargo Vessel Ivy Taking Water and Listing on January 3 and 4 Is Seen Here Launching T
Douglas lifeboat, the 46' 9" Watson R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 1, which kept watch over cargo vessel Ivy, taking water and listing, on January 3 and 4, is seen here launching to the aid of the pleasure boat White Rose at 1945 on Monday,... - View image in PDF
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Euphemia Fullerton
BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN. — A messenger having brought information at 1.30 P.M. on the 6th February that a vessel was ashore on the north end of the Long Kock, the crew of the Admiral HenryMeynell Life-boat at once assembled, and crowds of the...
Ella
12th March. The Holy Island motor life-boat was launched at 7 P.M. in a full N.E. gale to go to the help of the lighter Ella, of A* Newcastle. A very heavy sea was breaking right across the bar and the night was very dark and bitterly cold...
Avenir
SOUTHEND, ESSEX.—During a strong gale from the S.W. and a rough sea on the 2nd September the brig Avenir, of and for Krageroe, Norway, from London, in ballast, parted both her anchors and drifted on1 to the Maplin Sands. The No. 1 Life-boat...