LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
On the Sandbanks In Morecambe Bay
AT three in the afternoon of Sunday, the 3rd of April, the coastguard at Rossall told the coxswain of the life-boat that they could see a vessel outside the harbour in a dangerous position. She was about two miles away to the north-west of...
Category: Services
Tisiphone and the Gleaner
MONTROSE.—At about 9 A.M. on the 13th April the wind commenced to blow from S.S.E., and the sea rose quickly, the coxswains of the Life-boats were therefore on the watch during the day in case there should be any call for their services.<...
On December 18 Humber Lifeboat the 54Ft Arun City of Bradford Iv Towed Mfv Falke to Bridlington the Fishing Boat Had No Power Or Steering and Her Batteries Were
On December 18 Humber lifeboat, the 54ft Arun City of Bradford IV, towed MFV Falke to Bridlington. The fishing boat had no power or steering and her batteries were failing. photograph by courtesy of 'Hull Daily Mail'. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Sailing Ship Ardencraig
The sailing ship Ardencraig, of Glasgow, foundered off Scilly during the afternoon of 8th January. Distress signals were heard from the Bishop Light-house, and the St.
Agnes Life-boat, Charles Deere James, and St....
Michalis Poutous
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, and Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—On the night of the 23rd December the Greek steamer Michalis Poutous, of Piraeus, bound light from Rouen to Barry Dock, ran on to the rocks in Bridgwater bay, near Burnham. She...
Shoreham Harbour May 2 1987:
Shoreham Harbour May 2 1987:. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lynian
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 11.30 on the night of the 6th of August, 1958, a fisherman on returning ashore re- ported to the signal station that he had seen a flare east of Herm. He had carried out a search but had found nothing. At one...
The Life-Belt In Use By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of a life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, and to enable him to support another person besides...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Africa Occidental
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 6.45 on the evening of the 20th of October, 1949, the coastguard reported that the North Goodwin Lightvessel had fired guns to warn a vessel approaching the Sands.
A few minutes later the vessel...
OBITUARIES
OBITUARIES IT is with deep regret that we record the following deaths: February, 1986 Denis Hapgood, who was chairman of Wadebridge branch from 1977 to 1985.
Sidney Banister, honorary treasurer of Wadebridge branch since...
Category: Obituaries