LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tramore ILB was twice thrown clear by large breaking seas before the boy stranded on a rocky islet in Ronan's Bay
Tramore ILB was twice thrown clear by large breaking seas before the boy stranded on a rocky islet in Ronan's Bay could be reached. Helmsman Frank Partridge and crew members Mr David Kenneally and Mr Sean Walsh have all received the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
James, of Arbroath
The Life-boat People's Journal, No. 2, stationed at this place, was launched on the night of the 18th Jan., at 5.20 P.M., and proceeded, through a heavy sea and S.W. gale, to the assistance of the schooner James, of Arbroath, which had...
Parliamentary Question and Answer
ME. JAMES CALLAGHAN, M.P. for South East Cardiff, asked the Minister of Transport if he would set up a committee to review the adequacy of present arrangements for searching and assisting vessels in distress round the British Isles. Mr. A. T...
Category: Articles
Alex Thomson And Dee Caffari (pictured)
Round-the-world sailors Alex Thomson and Dee Caffari (pictured) were just two of the 700 people who signed up as RNLI members at the London Boat Show in January.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The S.S. Storfjeld
DEC. 11TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
The S.S. Storfjeld, of Bergen, had gone ashore, but her crew were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus. - Rewards, £16 7s..
Content, of Sunderland
On the morning of the 12th December, the brig Content, of Sunderland, coal laden, struck on a sunken wreck near Sizewell Bank. Becoming very leaky, it was necessary to ran for the shore, ' when, hoisting a flag of distress, the Thorpe |...
William Hill
On the following day the same Lifeboat went, in a heavy sea, to the assistance of the brig William Hill, of Dundalk, which had shown signals of distress while lying in the bay about two miles from the shore. It was found that the...
Ernest, of Ipswich
The same life-boat was also afloat on the 20th March, during a heavy gale from N.N.E., and was the means of bringing ashore the crew of 4 men of the distressed barge Earnest, of Ipswich, which after- wards stranded inside the...
Anne Gill
On the following morning the Life-boat went to the assistance of the stranded schooner, Anne Gill, of and for Goole, from London, laden with wheat. Her crew had launched their own boat, and two men had got into her, but she broke adrift and...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Angus Rose and Rose Mary
Montrose, Angus. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 15th of March, 1960, conditions at the harbour entrance were very bad. A strong easterly wind was blowing, and the sea was very rough.
It was clear that the motor...