LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Boat
ANXIOUS PARENTS Cullercoats, Northumberland. At 1.35 a.m. on 2oth May, 1964, the Tynemouth coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the parents of two youths who had not returned from a fishing trip in an 18-foot motor boat were...
Johanner, of Dantzie
Eight days afterwards, the same valu- able Life-boat proceeded to the assistance of the ship St. Johanner, of Dantzic, which had gone on the Middle Cross Sand, during a strong wind from the south.
They found the sea was...
Summary of a Meeting of the Committee of Management
Thursday, 9th November, 1939.
Sir GODFREY BARING, Bt., in the chair.
Resolved that the Finance Committee be re-named "Finance and General Purposes Committee." Paid £27,617 Is. 7d. for the...
Category: Committee
Sensitive
At 8 o'clock on the morning of October 19th intelligence reached the station of a vessel being on the north end of the Arklow Bank. It was then blowing a moderate gale from the S.E. with very high sea. The Life-boat Out-Pensioner was...
Gateforth
PORT LOGAN, N.B.—At 9.30 A.M. on the 31st January, during a strong S.E. gale, the galliot Gateforth, of Whithorn, bound from Ayr to Whithorn with coal, was atanchor in the bay, and showed a signal for assistance. An open boat, with the...
Sisters
GIRVAN, SCOTLAND.—A dismasted vessel was seen off Benacres Head fast drifting towards the shore during stormy weather on the 28th October. The Sir Home Poph,am Life-boat was launched at 5.30 P.M., and found the vessel brought up at anchor in...
Janie
The schooner Janie, i of Padstow, whilst bound from Llanelly to London, stranded during moderate weather on the 23rd February on the north-west part of the Tongue sand.
In response to signals from light- vessels the No. 1...
Glad Tidings and Therisa
At 1 P.M. on 23rd February, the W.S.W.
wind suddenly rose and by half-past two o'clock was blowing a strong gale.
About this time two fishing boats were seen crossing the Montrose Bay heading...
Boy David
Life-boat 70-002 - Bristol Channel - At 1.35 p.m. on 7th May, 1967, a member of the crew of the life-boat Grace Paterson Ritchie lying at anchor off Ilfracombe saw a red flare at the east end of Ilfracombe bay. There was a moderate westerly...
Wanda
Howth, Co. Dublin - At 9.15 p.m.
on 24th May, 1966, a fire on a fishing trawler, which looked like a signal fire to attract attention, was noticed. The lifeboat A.M.T. was launched at 9.30 in a southerly wind and a smooth...