LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

FEBRUARY 1 T. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. A vessel had been reported ashore at Speeton Cliffs, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £20.

SICK MAN TAKEN OFF STEAMER Cromer, Norfolk. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 5th April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a member of the crew of the s.s. Hudson Sound of London was suffering from a severe pain under a...

JUNE 25TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 7.13 P.M. a message was received from the Berry Head coastguard that a small boat, with two people on board, appeared to be in distress 2 miles S.W. by S. of the Torquay coastguard look-out hut. A W.N.W. breeze...

The Duke of Northumberland Steam Life-boat was also called out on the night of the 9th November by a telephone message from the Chief Officer of H.M.

Coastguard at Waterloo, stating that a vessel was making signals of...

Several of the fishing cobles were overtaken by a heavy northerly wind and sea on the 18th July and were unable to make harbour. As the weather continued very bad the whole of the next day it was considered advisable to send the Life-boat to...

Redcar, Yorskhire.—22nd October, 1939. Information had been re- ceived through the coastguard from the senior naval officer at Newcastle that there had been a collision off Maske, one of the vessels being H.M.

Destroyer...

The motor fishing boat Fife's Own put to sea on the night of the 16th July for long line fishing. The weather changed, and by noon next day a strong N.N.E. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea and rain.

A watch was kept...

Coxswain Joseph McLoughlin, of Howth, who was awarded the bronze medal of the Institution for the rescue of the crew of three of the motor fishing vessel Roscairbre of Dublin on i4th July, 1964, died in hospital hi Dublin on 30th June, 1965,...