LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

STEAMER AND MOTOR VESSEL IN COLLISION Dover, and Walmer, Kent. At 12.13 early on the morning of the 8th January, 1962, the coastguard informed the Dover honorary secretary that a collision had taken place between two vessels, the s.s. Sabac...

Caister, and Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk; and Lowestoft, Suf- folk. At 4.59 on the morning of the 24th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Gorleston station that the motor vessel Gudveig of Oslo...

SINCE the Mayor of St. Ives's fund for the dependents of the life-boatmen who lost their lives when the life-boat was wrecked on 23rd January last, was closed at the sum of £10,500, a gift of £1,670 9s. 7d. has come from South...

Coxswain Samuel Cunningham, who died at his home at the age of 54 on 3rd June, 1964, had a dual role which was unique in Ulster. He was former coxswain of the Portrush life-boat and was also town clerk of Portrush.

He was...

Coxswain George Leith, of the Lerwick, Shetland, lifeboat, who helped to rescue the crew of nine of the trawler Granton Osprey on December 13, 1972, is this year's recipient of the £5 'The Maud Smith Award for courage, in memory...

31st Janu- ary. A hulk without lights had broken away from her tug off Chapel St. Leonards, thirty-five miles from the life-boat station. It was believed that a man was on board. The sea was heavy, with a strong northerly wind and rain....

Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.

—At 12.42 in the afternoon of the 4th of April, 1948, the Gorleston coastguard reported that the Dutch motor vessel Evertsen, which was off the harbour, had signalled for a doctor. Six...

Harry Wright has won The Royal Bank of Scotland prize draw for £2,000.. - View image in PDF