LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire. On the 4th of April, 1960, there was a heavy ground sea on the bar, which made it dangerous for boats to enter harbour. As the local fishing fleet was still at sea, in- cluding a number of small cobles, it was decided to...
Mignonne
Troon, Ayrshire. At 5.38 on the evening of the 13th of July, 1958, the Kildonan coastguard informed the hon- orary secretary that a motor boat was in difficulties half a mile off Corrie Point. At six o'clock the life-boat James and...
The S.S. Verbormilia
FEBRUARY 6TH. - ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE.
Just after 11 P.M. information wasreceived from the coastguard that a vessel was ashore west of Fast Castle Point. The motor life-boat Annie Ronald and Isabella Forrest was launched...
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Category: Advertisement
Lara of Bosham, and Dinghies
Four people landed A SUDDEN DETERIORATION in the weather on the afternoon of Saturday September 19, 1981, caught out a fleet of Fireball sailing dinghies at a meeting off Felpharn, and at 1730 HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of...
Frej (1)
Whitehills, and Buckie, Banffshire.— While bound from Narvik to Working- ton, with a cargo of iron ore, and a crew of 28, the Swedish steamer Frej, of Stockholm, met heavy weather and sheltered in Banff Bay. At 3.20 on the morning...
Rescue In Violent Seas
COXSWAIN Dermot Walsh of the Valentia, Co. Kerry, life-boat has been awarded a silver medal and six of the crew members accorded the Institution's thanks on vellum, for courageous rescue operations oif the west coast of Ireland.
Category: Services
William Porter
Aberdeen.—On the night of the 17th January three pilots went down-channel to change the lights marking the wreck of the trawler George Stroud. While they were at work the propeller of their cutter—William Porter—fouled the mooring-wire, and...
Black Bird
On 24th April, during fine weather, the Life-boat Albert Edward saved the small cutter yacht Slack Bird and her two occupants.
The vessel stranded on the Buxey Sands during the night and lost her...
Pandora
MAN RESCUED AFTER EXPLOSION IN FISHING VESSEL Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. About 2.15 on the morning of the 7th June, 1963, Porthdinllaen coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an explosion had been heard to seaward off Trevor...