LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Velocity, Frier and Bonne Mere (1)
SWANAGE AND POOLE.—The Life-boats at these well-known places on the south coast were instrumental in rendering excellent service to vessels in great distress during the severe gales of November last. On the 23rd of that month the former boat...
The Breadth of the Life-Boat Appeal
By EDGAR H. JOHNSON, F.C.I.S., District Organizing Secretary for the North of England.I HAVE recently addressed on behalf of tie Life-boat Service three very different audiences—the business men of Manchester at a luncheon of the Rotary Club...
Category: Articles
Gerassimos Vergottis and Van Ostade (1)
JULY 1ST. - PENLEE, AND THE LIZARD, CORNWALL. During thick fog the Greek steamer Gerassimos Vergottis and the Dutch steamer Van Ostade had collided, and the Greek steamer had been badly damaged.
The life-boats could not...
A Motor Boat (1)
AP R I L 2 9 T H . - WALMER, KENT. A motor boat which had been expected in before sundown had not returned, but she got in later without needing help. - Rewards, £19 7s..
A Yacht (15)
NOVEMBER 1 7TH. - PENLEE, CORNWALL.
A yacht had broken adrift from a tug which had her in tow, but a fishing vessel brought her in. - Rewards, £12..
None (3)
Howth, Co. Dublin. On the morning of the 8th December, 1961, the Baily lighthouse keeper informed the honor- ary secretary that an elderly man on Lambay Island, who had recently under- gone an operation, was in urgent need of hospital...
Mr. J. Whitehead and the Mermaid Figurehead of Amazonian Proportions Carved for the M.Y. Romantica,
Mr. J. Whitehead and the mermaid figurehead of Amazonian proportions carved for the m.y. Romantica,. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brighter Hope
Ramsey, Isle of Man;—At 5.17 on the evening of the 22nd of May, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a ship seemed to be on fire six miles east- north-east of Queens Pier. Later on, he reported that she was a drifter and had been taken in...
Two Small Motor Boats
2nd August.
Two small motor boats were in diffi- culties, but another motor boat took them in tow.—Rewards, £18 4s. 6d..
A Trimaran
Capsized trimaran FOUR MINUTES after HM Coastguard had alerted Berwick-upon-Tweed crew and honorary secretary, at 1631 on May 31, 1975, to tell them that a trimaran had capsized 2\ cables outside the harbour entrance, the D class ILB was...