LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

SWANSEA.—At 8 o'clock on the night of the 29th April, three oyster skiffs— the Gertrude, Gladstone, and Shah—were observed from the shore to be in distress off the Mumbles Head. The force of the gale had carried away their spars and...

NEWHAVEN.—On the morning of the 8th February the coastguard reported to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a vessel was ashore at Seaford. The crew were at once summoned and the Life-boat Michael Henry was launched at 3.50. A strong gale was...

Troon, Ayrshire.—Early on the morning of the 27th October it was learned that a vessel, four or five miles south of Ayr harbour, was making distress signals. A whole W.N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and snow showers. The motor...

FEBRUARY 16TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.

At about 2.30 P.M. information was received through the St. Anthony coastguard that a steamer was in difficulty in Gerrans Bay. A S.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea. The motor...

On the night of the 27th March the care- taker of the Board of Trade's Rocket Apparatus reported that a vessel in the Gold Top Roads was signalling for assistance. The crew of the Life-boat William Roberts were promptly assembled and the...

ANOTHER YEAR has come to an end, and what a good year it has been for Shoreline. In the 12 months of 1980, 12,000 new members were enrolled— the largest number so far in any one year. That such a fine result was achieved is due to the great...

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—At about 6 A.M. on the 2nd June, 1938, the coastguard reported a small longshore boat at anchor, a mile and a half S.E. of the Palling coastguard's look-out. - She was not making...

AT the beginning of June the twin-screw motor yacht Mite (a converted naval motor launch 110 feet long) was coming up Channel on her way from Malta to London. On the 6th of June, when she was fifteen miles west of Portland Bill, both her...