LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ivo Luc
Wick, Caithness-shire.—On the 10th February, 1938, the Belgian motor fishing vessel Ivo Luc, of Zeebrugge, had a breakdown of her engine while fishing off Clythness. She carried a crew of four. A fresh N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a rough...
Henry Cooper, Hero of Sporting Britain, Announced His Retirement from Boxing After Losing His European, British and Commonwealth Titles at the Empire Pool, Wembley, on 16Th March, 1971, to J
Henry Cooper, hero of sporting Britain, announced his retirement from boxing after losing his European, British and Commonwealth titles at the Empire Pool, Wembley, on 16th March, 1971, to Joe Bugner. But Henry Cooper still had time for the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Honorary Workers of the Institution. No. 3. Mr. J. A. Gardiner, Honorary Secretary of the Campbeltown, Southend, and Machrihanish Branch
BEFORE Mr. Gardiner became Honorary Secretary of the Campbeltown Branch, he had had an adventurous career in many parts of the world. He was the second son of Sheriff Gardiner, and began his career in the office of a big Glasgow...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Crestville (1)
Port Erin, and Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—About 5.35 on the afternoon of the 27th of May, 1956, a man informed the coxswain that he had seen from Cradder Head a steamer aground on the Calf of Man. At 5.55 the life-boat Matthew Simpson was...
The Norwegian Coaster Sonnodd
Norwegian coaster towed off reef by Mallaig lifeboat On 16 April 1991, coxswain Tommy Ralston of Mallaig lifeboat station sighted from his house the Norwegian coaster Sonnodd heading for the reef to the north of Mallaig...
The S.S. Orkla
During a very thick fog on the 5th January a message was received from the Cross Light-vessel by wireless telegraphy stating a steamer was ashore on the sand. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Covent Garden were assembled and the boat launched...
Scadaun
— On the morning of the 5th August the Lo westof t steam drifter Scadaun was returning to port during a thick fog when she struck a submerged rock outside Castlebay harbour. The motor life-boat Lloyd's was launched at 11.30 A.M. in...
Lythemore
KIMERIDGE, DORSET.—A vessel was reported ashore on Kimeridge Ledge during a thick fog, a heavy ground sea, and a fresh S.W. wind, on the 26th June. The Life-boat Augustus Arkwright was launched at 9 P.M. and found the stranded vessel was the...
Pelagos, of Granton
Dunbar, Haddingtonshire. — The steam trawler Pelagos, of Granton, ran ashore on South Carr rocks in a dense fog on the morning of the llth July, while returning to Granton from the North Sea fishing grounds. A moderate east breeze was...
The S.S. Goldbell
On the night of the 21st June the coastguard tele- phoned that a ship was ashore on Beachy Head ledge. The sea was smooth, but there was a very thick fog.
The Eastbourne life-boat was off ser- vice for overhaul and the...