LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Pottering for Cash
Pottering for cash The Potteries Marathon, the second largest marathon in Great Britain, is attended by entrants from all over the British Isles and abroad. Mr Adrian Lucyk, a regular runner dedicated his run on 1 June 1996 to the... - View image in PDF
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Temperance, of Belfast
On the 4th January, at day- light, signals of distress were observed from three vessels ashore in Abergele Bay, North Wales. The life-boat proceeded as soon as possible to the spot and rescued the crew of 4 men from the schooner Temperance...
Form, of Liverpool
On the same evening during a heavy gale from the N.W., the Life-boat Princess of Wales on this station put off to the brigantine Form, of Liverpool, in reply to her signals of distress, and landed her crew of 6 men. The vessel was in the...
Victory, of Hull
During the night of the 27th March the smack Victory, of Hull, bound from the Dogger Bank to that port, was driven ashore north of Withernsea Pier. It was blowing hard from E.S.E., with a heavy sea running and thick rain. The wreck was...
Howth
On the 2nd May a large four-masted barque was observed at anchor in Torbay flying a signal for assistance. The Coastguard reported the matter to the Harbour Master, and within a quarter of an hour of the crew being summoned the Life- boat...
Harmony
About 9 P.M. on the 9th May the wind began to freshen from the north and quickly increased to a whole gale, causing ,a very rough sea. The fishing- boat Harmony, of Eyemouth, was at the j time lying to her nets, and found it impossible to...
Swan and Harwich
The ketch Swan, of Grimsby, and the barge Harwich, of Harwich, the former carrying a crew of four hands and the latter three hands, stranded about three miles S.S.W.
of Gibraltar Point during a moderate northerly gale and...
Regina
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At noon on the 7th of August, 1955, a message was received from the harbour office that the local yacht Regina had put off with a crew of two, and that anxiety was felt for her safety in the ebbing tide. Twenty...
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Flamborough, Yorkshire. — On the afternoon of the 14th August the coxswain was told that some people were in danger of drowning in Thornwick Bay. about two miles north of Flamborough Head. The wind was only light, from the north, but a very...
Linda
Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 5.15 on the afternoon of the 25th of June, 1960, when the life-boat crew were in the boathouse after an exercise, the coxswain received a report from the owner of the fishing boat Linda that he had lent the boat to...