LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Francis Roberts
About 3 o'clock in. the afternoon on the 15th February, whilst the Life-boatmen were attending the funeral of the celebrated Life-boat veteran, James Haylett, the author of the famous phrase, " Caister men never turn back," the...
Etoile Polaire
At about 9.40 A.M. on llth February, during a S. by W. gale with a heavy sea, a barque was observed about three miles S.S.E. of Newlyn pierhead, running dead before the wind and right in on the land. As it was obvious that unless the master...
Volant
The Pulling and Sailing Life-boat, John Cleland, was launched at 10.30 P.M. on the 23rd December, 1931, in a strong S.S.W.
breeze, with a rough sea, as the Coast- guard had reported that a schooner was in distress in the...
Honey' Owned By Weymouth's Life-Boat Mechanic Mr D Sargent Once Picked Up a Large Collecting Box Sat on the Quayside With It for a Couple of Hours and Collected
Honey', owned by Weymouth's life-boat mechanic, Mr. D. Sargent, once picked up a large collecting box, sat on the quayside with it for a couple of hours, and collected £2 for the R.N.LI. That was the start of the dog's... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Northness
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 7.15 in the morning of the 27th of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore a mile west of Rue Point, and a few minutes later she was reported to be blowing S.O.S. on her whistle. The motor...
Viscount Lambton, of Rochester
Duff, did good service on the 22nd March in saving the Master and crew of 7 men from the brig Viscount Lambton, of Roches-ter, which had gone on Yarmouth Beach, near the North Star Battery, during a i gale from the E.S.E., and in a very...
Astraea and Alfred
BROADSTAIKS. — Flares were shown from vessels off the North Foreland while a whole gale was blowing from N.N.W., accompanied by a heavy sea and heavy squalls of hail, on the 27th January, and, in response, the Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton...
Belle
During a moderate E.S.E. gale on the 1st August the schooner Belle of the Plym, of Plymouth, stranded on the Doombar, at the entrance of the harbour. The chief officer of Coastguard reported the casualty by telephone at 6.30 P.M., and it...
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded In 1878
Jan. 3.—Voted II. !0s. to 3 men of Lerwick, N.B., who rescued 3 persons from the smack Teazer, of Sandsair, Shetland, which had been caught by a squall, and had sunk off Bressay, Shetland, on the 31st October.
Also 41. to...
Category: Articles
Picton
MARGATE.—On the llth February a strong gale was experienced here, the wind blowing from S.S.W. accompanied by a heavy sea and thiek weather, with rain and snow. At 1.50 A.M. the Coastguard reported that the Tongue Lightvessel was firing...