LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. Perceval S. Farrant
MR. PERCEVAL FARRANT, who died on 13th March, 1947, was one of the most successful organizing secretaries whom the Institution has ever had. He was in its service for thirty-seven years, and for twenty-eight years of that time he •was...
Category: Obituaries
Nan
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 12.55 a.m. on 3rd May, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that anxiety was being felt for the safety of a fishing party of some nine or ten people who had not returned to...
A Cabin Cruiser (1)
Cabin cruiser on bar THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Blyth lifeboat station was informed by Coastguard Tyne at 1440 on Sunday, August 29, 1976, that two swimmers had been swept out to sea off Cambois; a girl bather had been picked up by a...
Several Fishing Vessels
On the 6th December after dark, several of the fishing vessels of the port being known to be off it, and expected to take the bar of the river under somewhat trying circumstances, the Life- boat China was held in readiness. It was blowing a...
Leersum
Penlee, Cornwall. At 5.30 on the even- ing of the 18th of February, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that there was a call for medical help from the motor vessel Leersum of Amsterdam, which would be off Penlee Point at...
Naess Louisiana
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford - At 11.25 a.m. on 3istMay, 1967, Lloyd's agent at Wexford told the honorary secretary that there was an injured man on board the m.v. Naess Louisiana. The life-boat H. F. Bailey, on temporary duty at the...
The Merchant Fleet Auxiliary Albertross
The Life-boat Sarah Austin was called out shortly after 8 A.M. on the 27th December, the Merchant Fleet Auxiliary Albatross having stranded near Holborn Head.
When the Life-boat reached the vessel it was found that it was...
Oceanic II
A LONG SEARCH Margate, Kent, and Walton-on-the- Naze, Essex.—At 2.50 in the after- noon of the 24th of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that the Ameri- can steamer John Lefarge had reported that she had collided with and sunk a fishing...
November (1)
danger they put out. They did not reach and rescue the boys until they were two miles out and their boat half full of water. - Rewards, 15s. and 2s. 6d. for fuel used.
NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 2.30 in the afternoon of...
Category: Services
Lobo
Five saved from foundering yacht When five Danish sailors found themselves in difficulties off the Yorkshire coast with their engine :ailing in appalling weather, the Bridlington lifeboat crew needed all their skill, courage and...