LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Catherine
During a strong E.N.E. gale on the 12th May the fishing boat Catherine, of Arbroath, whilst returning to Harbour was in considerable danger owing to the heavy sea running, and there was some proba- bility of her being dashed on to the rocks....
A Life-Boat Race In 1867
From a print in the possession of Mr. J. E. Hooper. Hon. Secretary of the Natural History Museum and Antiquarian Society of Penzance. The race was in Mount's Bay, Cornwall, between the Life-boats stationed at St. Ives,...
Category: Drawings
Honey Bee
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 7.40 on the evening of the 27th of January, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Honey Bee of Peterhead was leaking badly and in danger of sinking off Buchan Ness. At...
Bravest Act of Life-Saving
THE Maud Smith award for the bravest act of life-saving by a member of a life-boat crew in 1963 has been won by Mechanic Joseph Houlihan of Valentia for the rescue single-handed of two men on 2nd September. A full account of the service...
Category: Awards
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HELP FOR ORPHANAGE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 4.25 p.m. on 27th February, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary's wife, in the absence of the honorary secretary, that four youths from a local orphanage were missing. At 5.25, on...
Sea Belle
St. Helier, Jersey. At 2.10 on the after- noon of the 16th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Sea Belle of Jersey had engine trouble one mile south of Maison Rocks. The weather was fine, with...
Alcina
Selsey, Sussex. At 1.15 on the after- noon of the llth June, 1961, the coast- guard told the honorary secretary that a yacht had been dismasted close to the Owers lightvessel. There was a fresh south-westerly wind with a rough sea, and the...
A Motor Cruiser
Rhyl, Flintshire. At 3.45 on the after- noon of the 28th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that he had a white object under observation, which might be a capsized yacht, and advised the launching of the life-boat...
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APPENDICITIS At 7.15 p.m. on 27th June, 1965, the local doctor notified the honorary secretary that a man was seriously ill with appendicitis, and asked for the use of the life-boat to transport the patient to the mainland. No other suitable...
Warbler
TRAWLER AGROUND At 10 a.m. on 25th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Warbler was aground on the Newcombe Sands off the Lowestoft harbour entrance. The life-boat Frederick Edward Crick went to the...