LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Onward
On the •morning of the 23rd October, at about 7 o'clock, the ketch Onward, of Montrose, was observed in the offing, and as there was a heavy sea on the bar, with scarcely any wind, it was realized that the vessel would incur...
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Capsize WEXFORD GARDA informed the honorary secretary of Kilmore Quay lifeboat station at 0115 on Saturday, December 24, 1977, that four red flares had been sighted off Bannow Bay towards the Saltees. At 0130 maroons were fired by the...
The Dory Angelina
Every second counts as three saved from submerged dory The crew of the Whitstable lifeboat had just 17 minutes to save three lives. Weather conditions were so bad, they exceeded the operating limits of the lifeboat, but the crew knew that...
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire 54ft Arun ON 1050: July 30 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 2, 10, 25 (three times) and July 27 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: June 7, July 5, 19, 25, 28 and 30 Aberystwyth, Dyfed C class: June 1, 2, 12, July 1,...
Category: Services
U.B. Prince
Injured seaman rescued Eastbourne lifeboat was alerted on 3 March 2000 when a boat worker, aboard a cargo vessel bound for Equador, was forced to head inland for emergency surgery in a bid to save his fingers.
The Polish...
Joass
YACHTS IN DISTRESS Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—In the morning of the 8th of June, 1947, the Warden Point coastguard reported a yacht ashore on the Spile Sands, and the motor life-boat Milburn, on tempor- ary duty at the station, was...
Stella Arcturus
Humber, Yorkshire.—At 3.54 on the afternoon of the 8th of December, 1954, the Spurn Point coastguard telephoned that the trawler Stella Arcturus, of Hull, had reported that she had gone ashore on the Binks and needed a tug. At 4.5 the...
An Impressive Lineup at Skegness
An Impressive Lineup At Skegness. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Belgian Fishing Vessel Celtic
Newhaven, Sussex. At 7.20 on the morning of the 9th of April, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Belgian fishing vessel Celtic, which was four miles south of Newhaven, had water in her engine room and needed help....
An Aeroplane (153)
OCTOBER 16TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
At 5.30 A.M. messages were received from the coastguard that an aeroplane had caught fire and crashed into the sea a quarter of a mile off Happisburgh Beach, and at 5.46 A.M. the No. 1 motor...