LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rosa Luxemburg
Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At 7.5 on the evening of the 12th of November, 1959, the lighthouse keeper at South Gare informed the honorary secretary that a trawler was anchored very close to the West Scar rocks. At 7.20 the life-boat John and Lucy...
Antilla
DOCKERS TAKEN OFF DUTCH MOTOR VESSEL Arklow, Co. Wicklow. On the evening of the 17th January, 1962, the motor vessel Antilla of Groningen, outward bound from Arklow to Rotterdam with a crew often, grounded 150 yards north-east of Arklow...
Norwegian Medals
THE Norwegian Government has awarded silver medals and diplomas to Mr. E. Selby Davidson, honorary secretary of the Tynemouth station, Coxswain George Lisle, W. Johnson, the motor mechanic, and Bartholomew Taylor, a member of the crew, for...
Category: Medals
Vidonia
YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—The William Beckett of Leeds Life-boat was launched at noon on the 15th February to the aid of the barquentine Vidonia, of Bridport, bound from Pernambuco with a cargo of sugar, which had stranded on the bar during a fresh...
Corbon, of Newcastle
Early on the morning of the 7th April, 1866, signals of distress were seen by the beachmen in the direction of the Cockle Sand. The weather was hazy, with a strong breeze blowing from E.N.E.
The Birmingham No. 2 life-boat,...
Exe, of Exeter
During squally weather, on the 28th March, 1872, the barque Exe, of Exeter, went on the New- come Sand in a very dangerous position.
The Kessingland No. 1 Life-boat, the Bolton, was promptly launched to her as- sistance ;...
Rusken
Barra Island, and Islay, Hebrides. At 12.45 early on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Barra Island life-boat station that the motor vessel Rusken of Oslo, on passage from Liverpool...
Rusken (1)
Barra Island, and Islay, Hebrides. At 12.45 early on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Barra Island life-boat station that the motor vessel Rusken of Oslo, on passage from Liverpool...
Zurich
PALLING-BY-THE-SEA, NORFOLK. — On the 13th August, during a fresh wind from the S.E., the British Workman Lifeboat, on this Station, was launched to the assistance of the barque Zurich, of North Shields, which had stranded o u Hasborongh...
China
PiEii, LANCASHIRE.—At 6 A.M. on the 4th September the William Eirkett Lifeboat was launched in reply to signals, to the assistance of the barque China, of Porsgrund, Norway. The boat was towed by the steam-tug Ajax, and when about two miles,...