LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Curragh
Galway Bay, Galway.—At 6 P.M. on the 1st August, 1939, a message was received from Inishere that a Connemara boatman had reported that he had passed an upturned curragh half a mile north of Sandhead. A moderate S.W. breeze was blowing, with...
Fishing Boats (1)
JAN. 19TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the morning the fishing fleet put to sea, and by 2 P.M. all but four boats had returned. At this time a fresh S.E. breezewas blowing, with a strong sea and a dense fog. These...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution, For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck
For the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck.
(Incorporated by Royal Charter.) FOUNDED in 1824.— SUPPORTED SOLELY BY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS.
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Category: Advertisement
The S.S. Beemsterdijk (1)
JANUARY 26TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. January 26th was a Sunday, and Dr. Joseph Soar, Mus.Doc., organist at St. David’s Cathedral and the honorary secretary of the life-boat station, received a telephone message at the Cathedral during...
Marea
Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 8.55 a.m. on 25th July, 1965, the St. Just coastguard reported a motor yacht drifting about one mile to the north of Cape Cornwall. She was in no immediate danger, but at 9.35 the coastguard saw that she had hoisted...
Offshore Lifeboat Services December 1977 January and February 1978
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire December 11.
Aith, Shetland December 9.
Aldeburgh, Suffolk January 1.
Amble, Northumberland December 12.
Appledore, North Devon December 11 and...
Category: Services
The S.S. Holmside
crew of six men.
At 6.30 P.M.-, on the 23rd June, during a N.E. wind, and a heavy sea, the s.
Holmside, of London, was seen standing for the Cockle Gat, with a flag in her rigging. The No. 2 Life-boat, the...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 5th May, 1864. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
The American Steamer Am-Mer-Mar
JANUARY 30TH. - WALMER, KENT. The American steamer Am-Mer-Mar had gone ashore on the Goodwin Sands, but she got off without help. - Rewards, £31 17s. 6d..
Latvian Award to Portaskaig
ON the night of 26th October, 1936, the Latvian steamer Helena Faulbaums, of Riga, was caught in a sudden very severe storm near Jura Sound on the west coast of Scotland. The weather was very thick, with rain showers, and the sea was very...
Category: Awards