LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pilot Me and Gem
FISHING BOATS ESCORTED IN Whitby, Yorkshire. — Early in the morning of February 19th, 1947, two fishing boats, the Pilot Me and the Gem, put to sea in moderate weather. Later the sea became heavy, making it very dangerous for boats to enter...
Fishing Boats (5)
HOLYISLAND.—A terrible snowstorm was experienced on the 6th February, and the wind increasing to a gale from S.S.E. a heavy sea sprung up. Twelve of the fishing-boats were unable to take the harbour, and ran ashore N. of Emanuel Head, their...
Fishing Boats (3)
North Sunder] and, Northumberland.
At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 13th December, 1961 the assistant motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that several fishing boats were unable to enter the harbour. There was a...
Fishing Boats (1)
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— During the morning of the 20th March, 1939, a message was received from the Seahouses coastguard that seven fishing boats of Beadnell were outside the harbour, but unable to enter owing to the very heavy...
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...
H.M.S. Witherington (1)
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.3 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
Punching waves
With skill, courage and brute strength, two RNLI lifeguards fought through heavy surf and high winds to reach surfers in peril
Days before the end of a busy lifeguard season, on the morning of...
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The Life-Boat
The following figures show the general form, the nature of the fittings, and air-chambers of one of these boats, 33 feet in length and 8 feet in breadth. In figs. 1 and 2, the elevation and deck plans, the general exterior form of the boat...
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Sophia, of Naples
On the 25th of November the services of the Ramsgate life-boat were again brought into requisition. At daybreak on that day, the wind blowing a heavy gale at the time from N.N.W., a brigantine was observed, with signals of distress flying,...
The S.S. Matching
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 4.55 in the afternoon of the 9th of October, 1951, Lloyd's agent reported that the S.S. Matching, of London, due off Gorleston at 6.0 that evening, had a sick man on board and had asked for a...