LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Molesey, of London (1)
Angle and St. David's (Pembrokeshire).
On 25th November, at 2.35 in' the afternoon, a message was received by the Tenby Coastguard from the Fishguard Radio that the steamer Molesey, of London, of 4,000 tons, was...
A Yacht
MAY 12TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.
A small yacht which had left the Cumberland coast for the Isle of Man was overdue, but got into Douglas without help. - Rewards, £9 1s..
Saga, the S.S. Gowrie and S.S. St. Clair (1)
Aberdeen, and Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.
—At 2.25 on the morning of the 17th of September, 1950, the Gregness coastguard telephoned the Aberdeen life-boat authorities. The motor fish- ing vessel Saga, of Aberdeen, with a...
Vliestroom, Kalso and Karanan
MARCH 3 1 ST. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
At 5.55 P.M. a steamer was seen to be ashore at Trefusis Point Falmouth Harbour, and at 6.10 P.M. the motor life-boat Crawford and Constance Conybeare was launched. A southerly gale was...
Life-Preservers on Board Passenger-Ships
"WE have in different parts of this Journal pointed out the advisability that we believe exists for providing on board all vessels, and especially on board passenger-ships, some provision for decreasing the risk of life to those on...
Category: Correspondence
St. Joseph (1)
Stornoway and Barra Island, Hebrides.— On the night of the 17th-18th October the Norwegian steamer St. Joseph, of Tonsberg, ran aground on the Grey Rocks, in the Sound of Mull. A whole N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and snow...
Provider (2)
APRIL 27TH - 29TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE ; ABERYSTWYTH, CARDIGANSHIRE ; PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE ; AND FISHGUARD, PEMBROKESHIRE.
While the motor fishing vessel Provider was on passage in ballast from Caernarvon to...
Trawlers Ben Bheula and Cyelse
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides. — At 10.40 in the morning of the llth of March, 1949, the Duntulm coastguard reported that the Fleetwood steam trawler Ben Bheula was leaking and in need of help two miles east of Castlebay, and the life-boat...
The Best Essay
BY ALFRED ROBINSON (12}), Warple Way Mixed School, Wandsworth.
Why I admire the Life-Boatman.
MOST of us have had the pleasure of a holiday by the sea during the summer, and probably have enjoyed the...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Cornwood
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.— At 2.50 in the afternoon of the 5th of May, 1949, the police informed the life-boat coxswain that the S.S. Corn- wood, of Hartlepool, outside the harbour, had a sick man aboard in urgent need of help,...