LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Cabin Cruiser (1)
Tynemouth, Northumberland - At 5.14 p.m. on 29th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small cabin cruiser was in difficulties one and a half miles from the Tyne and half a mile off Marsden. The life-boat...
The S.S. Glenmoor
Shortly after midnight on the 24th-25th Decem- ber, whilst the s.s. Glenrnoor, of jSTew- castle-on-Tyne, was riding at anchor waiting to enter the harbour, a gale of wind sprang up from S.W., with hurri- cane squalls, causing her anchors to...
Cuba of Whitby
On the night of the 25th October, at 9 P.M., the brig Cuba, of Whitby, was driven ashore in a heavy gale off Winterton.
The life-boat was got ready soon after mid- night, but the night being dark, and the sea very heavy,...
The Late Captain G. W. Manby, F.R.S.
THIS benevolent and ingenious gentleman has been gathered to his fathers, full of years and honours, his decease having occurred on the 18th November last, at his residence Southdown, near Great Yarmouth.
His well-known...
Category: Obituaries
David Jolly
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thrust. Self-contained unit with simple 2-hole Installation. Quickly disengaged. j amp. average...
Category: Advertisement
The Crew
30 years, 250 rescues later Tom Robertson, the honorary secretary of the Queensferry lifeboat station, received a presentation of binoculars and a certificate at the annual general meeting of the RNLI in Scotland, for 30 years'...
Category: Articles
Ellen Myvanwy
PORTRUSH, Co. ANTRIM.—The schooner Ellen Myvanwy, of Beaumaris, bound from Runcorn for Ramelton, co. Donegal, with a cargo of salt, anchored in Skerries Roads, off Portrush,on the 28th Feb., 1891.
On the 2nd March, a gale...
The S.S. Osterhav
Wick, Caithness-shire. — The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched at 9 P.M. on the 28th March, in response to a message received through Wick Radio and the coastguard.
A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a...
Norian
Plymouth, Devon - At 7.43 p.m. on 27th September, 1966, news was received that the yacht Norian had broken down in heavy seas twenty two miles south south east of Eddystone, and was asking for the assistance of a tug and a life-boat. The...
None (5)
At 11.9 p.m. on 5th March, 1967, information was given that three men who were climbing to the west of South Stack were overdue. Their car had been found in the South Stack car park. The Holyhead C.R.E. Company and mountain rescue teams had...