LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Stag
LLANDUDNO, CARNARVONSHIRE.—On the 19th February the smack Stag, of Beaumaris, having sprung a leak, took shelter in Llandudno Bay during a westerly gale then prevailing. About 3.50 P.M. she was found to be sinking, the crew therefore showed...
BRINGING THEM HOME
Towing a stricken boat to the safety of port might seem routine but, in often gruelling conditions, it takes great skill and smart decision making. So what’s involved in a tow?
First, the crew must decide whether or not they need...
Category: Articles
Sisters
GORLESTON, SUFFOLK.—On the afternoon of the 24th October, the Sisters fishing vessel, of Gorleston, was making for the harbour on the ebb tide, the wind at the time blowing a very heavy gale from the S.S.W., right out of the...
Charles (1)
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT WHITBY FEBRUARY 3RD. - WHITBY, AND SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
At nine o’clock at night the coastguard telephoned to the life-boat station at Whitby that a vessel was ashore near Saltwick. The tide was...
Rnli News
Reasons to celebrate The opening of Ramsey's new hoathouse in a ceremony on 6 April was much welcomed by all.
The new boathouse. situated at the north end of the south promenade, has been specially designed to house the...
Category: Articles
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Category: Advertisement
ALL HANDS TO THE PUMP
With a small angling boat rapidly taking on water in the North Sea, it took the combined skills of three lifeboat crews to save the vessel and the eight men onboard
The volunteers on Tynemouth’s all-weather lifeboat were...
Category: Articles
Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1851
Moved by Mr. SAMUEL GREGSON, M.P., and seconded by Capt. F. W. BEECHEY, R.N., Board of Trade.
1.—That the Report now read be adopted, published, and circulated.
Moved by Capt. REDMAN, one of the Elder...
Category: Meetings
Kunishi
FEBRUARY 20TH. - FLEETWOOD, AND BARROW, LANCASHIRE. At 12.20 in the morning news was received at Fleetwood lifeboat station from the harbour staff that a trawler was showing distress signals. A north-westerly gale was blowing, with a very...