LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Boats (1)
Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—On the 26th October, 1939, a whole N.E. by N.
gale was blowing, with a very rough sea in Eyemouth Bay. Four local fishing boats were waiting to enter the port.
The motor life-boat...
The Sailing Barge Spurgeon
Margate, Kent.—At 6.7 on the even- ing of the 8th of August, 1952, thecoastguard telephoned that a sailing barge was ashore on the North-East Shingle Sands, and at 6.10 the life-boat North Foreland, Civil Service No. XI, was launched. The...
The Troopship S.S. Archangel
MAY 17TH . - FRASERBURGH, AND PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. At 1.18 A.M. the naval authorities at Rosyth asked, through the Fraserburgh coastguard, that the Fraserburgh life-boat should he got ready to launch. A few minutes later the station was...
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Cut off by tide CRIES FOR HELP heard at Stone Bay, 4'/2 miles west of Margate lifeboat station, were reported to HM Coastguard by telephone at 1843 on Tuesday October 10, 1978. Margate D class ILB launched six minutes later and set off...
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THREE BOATS CALLED Bembridge, Isle of Wight, Selsey and Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 3.5 p.m. on i8th February, 1964, the coastguard told the Bembridge honorary secretary that a naval Sea Hawk aircraft was missing between St. Catherine's...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Seeker, Silver Stream and New Venture
Skipper plucked to safety through wheelhouse window in 30ft seas and Force 9 galeCoxswain Alan Thomas of the Tenby lifeboat has been awarded the RNLI's silver medal for bravery following the rescue of three men from two fishing vessels...
Fifteen Months of War.
In the first fifteen months of war life-boats rescued 2754 lives.
They rescued more lives in these fifteen months of war than in the last seven years of peace. They have rescued on an average 42 lives a week. In the war of...
Category: Articles
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.<...
Oil As a Wave Smoother
The Shipping and Mercantile Gazette recently called attention in a leading article to the advisability of the use of oil during rough weather at sea under certain favourable conditions. They remarked that it was gratifying to observe that...
Category: Articles
Dart
On 17th August last the Hoylake Life-boat was launched, late at night, to the yacht Dart, anchored off Hilbre.
A gale was blowing, with a heavy sea, the weather showed every sign of getting worse; and the yacht, unable to...