LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Faced With the Problem of Transporting a 35Ft Mast Ten Miles from Venton to the Yacht He Is Building at Oreston Peter Compton Turned the Exercise Into a Fund-Raising
Faced with the problem of transporting a 35ft mast ten miles from Venton to the yacht he is building at Oreston, Peter Compton turned the exercise into a fund-raising event. The sponsored marchers, who raised £125 for Plymouth lifeboat... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
March (1)
MARCH MEETING ROBIN HOOD'S BAY, YORKSHIRE. At noon on the 6th of September, 1942, the Scarborough motor fishing coble Florence was fishing in Robin Hood’s Bay. The weather was line, with a light westerly wind and a smooth sea. The coble...
Category: Services
The Greek Brig Marietta
At 4 a.m., on the 19th October, the Greek brig Mari- etta, from Lisbon, for Cardiff, in ballast, ran ashore on some rocks in Tramore Bay.
One of the crew, at great peril to himself, plunged into the surf with a line, and...
Fishing Boats and a Smack
On the llth November, while a moderate breeze was blowing from the E., some Scotch fishing-boats and a smack were seen to run aground on the Barber Sand, on which a heavy sea was breaking. The Life-boat Beauchamp put off at 6 P.M., sailed to...
Obituary
It is with deep regret that we report the following deaths: February: Daniel Roach, coxswain of St Ives lifeboat from 1956 to 1967, having previously served as assistant mechanic from 1940 to 1946 and motor mechanic from 1946 to 1956. Mr...
Category: Obituaries
Christmas Cards and Calendars
In addition to three different types of Christmas card, the Institution will this year have for sale a twelve-page calendar. On each page there will be a striking colour photograph of a seascape, several of them having direct lifeboat...
Category: Advertisement
Aldina, of London
On the 14th December the schooner Adina, of London, was totally wrecked during a strong gale from the S.W. and heavy sea, near the East Holm Buoy, on the Gorton Sand, off Lowestoft.
The Lcetitia life-boat at the latter...
Kestral
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 4.10 in the afternoon of the 3rd of December, 1949, the life-boat coxswain saw a motor boat drifting down the river Tay. There • was a man on board, waving his jacket. At 4.18 the life- boat Mono was launched in a...
Trustful
Ramsgate, Kent. At 9.38 p.m. on iyth April, 1965, the east pier watchman informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen off the Quern buoy.
The life-boat Michael and Lily Davis proceeded at 9.45 in a strong...
Valhalla
Redcar, Yorkshire - At 4.40 p.m. on 24th November, 1968, it was learnt that the coble Valhalla had lost her propeller. The life-boat Aguila Wren was launched at 5.5 in a fresh south westerly wind with a moderate sea.
The...