LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
New Life-Boats
ST. ANNE'S-ON-THE-SEA, LANCASHIRE.— The No. 1 Life-boat which has done duty at St. Anne's since 1886 has been re- placed by a new boat of the Liverpoo1 type, 36 feet long by 9 feet wide, fitted with two water-ballast tanks, and row-...
Category: Inaugurations
Geysir
On the evening of the 19th November the Icelandic steam trawler Geysir, of Reykjavik, was in the Pentland Firth, homeward bound from Grimsby. She carried a crew of sixteen and two passengers, one of whom was a girl.
A...
Youngarth
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At about 10.10 P.M. on the 18th December, 1938, the coastguard reported distress signals in the Solent, off Yarmouth. A moderate east gale Avas blowing, with a very rough sea, and the weather was very cold. The motor...
Yarmouth
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—On the 4th of December, 1950, the Belgian trawler Yarmouth, bound for Ostend with white fish and carrying acrew of eleven, ran aground on the Scroby Sands. There she wirelessed for...
The American Steamer John P. Doe, of Baltimore
MARCH 25TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.15 at night the Deal coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground on the mainland near the South Foreland. A moderate southeasterly breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth, but there was thick fog. The...
Marie May
Hythe and Dungeness (Kent).
At 6.30 in the evening of llth November, with a 70-mile an hour gale blowing from the S.W., a very heavy sea running, and poor visibility on account of heavy rain, the Coxswain at Hythe received...
The S.S. Rocquaine
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 9.40 in the morning of the 24th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the S.S.
Rocquaine, of Guernsey, had reported an explosion on board. She was on fire, and her master had been badly burnt...
R.F.A. Wave Baron
Peel, Isle of Man.—At 10.25 on the morning of the 16th of July, 1950, the coastguard reported a signal from the R.F.A. Wave Baron, an oil tanker of London. There had been an accident in the engine-room and a doctor and ambulance were needed....
Lobora
FLEETWOOD.—On the 7th November one of the severest storms known for years was experienced on this part of the Coast of Lancashire. "While it was at its height signals of distress were observed throe miles out at sea on "Bernard'...
Rowing Boats
Thames race disaster avertedThe annual Veterans' Head of the River Race ended in chaos on Sunday, 21 March after being hit by gale-force winds and strong tides.
More than 140 boats were participating, with nine crew in...