LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Coastal Steamer Spey
JANUARY 25TH. - AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND. The motor life-boat Frederick and Emma was launched at 8.40 A.M. to the help of the coastal steamer Spey, of Newcastle, which had run ashore on the rocks at the north side of Coquet...
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CHILD TO HOSPITAL Stronsay, Orkneys. At 3.25 p.m. on 11 th October, 1965, the secretary of the hospital board told the honorary secretary that there was a child on the Isle of Sanday in need of urgent hospital treatment. The life-boat The...
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Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 3.32 p.m.
on 25th February, 1966, the Caldy island steward informed the honorary secretary that the sea was too rough for the normal ferry service to take an injured boy to the mainland and...
Britannia, of Leigh
On the 20th October, during a gale from the E.S.E., the steamer Britannia, of Leith, was wrecked on " The Kidge," close to the bar of Holy Island Harbour.
The Britannia, had on board a number of passengers, and...
Kaapfalga
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
•—At 2.50 A.M. on the 13th December, 1938, the coastguard reported that a vessel about two miles E. by N. from Britannia Pier was thought to be ashore. A light, and increasing, S.E.<...
The Word "National" In Our Title
AT first sight it might seem quite unnecessary to explain the meaning of a word which is so descriptive and so obvious in its application to the work of the Institution as the word " National." The operations of the Life-boat...
Category: Articles
Cap Lizard
Torbay, Devon. At 1.20 a.m. on 2ist December, 1965, the coastguard reported that a red rocket had been seen in a position five to six miles off Dartmouth in the area of Start Bay.
The life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent...
Don Bosco
FIREMEN TAKEN TO BELGIAN TRAWLER Selsey, Sussex. At 8.20 on the morning of 4th January, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a trawler, later identified as the Belgian trawler Don Bosco, had her engine room on fire, and...
Telima
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight - At 9.36 p.m. on loth June, 1967, it was reported that a cabin cruiser had gone aground in Scratchells bay. After further investigation, the life-boat The Earl and Countess Howe and the IRB were launched at 10.59 in...
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On the even- ing of the 1st April, two soldiers were observed to be surrounded by the tide, on the North Warp Bank, about three miles from Flectwood. The Coastguard imme- diately launched their boat and went to the rescue ; they reached the...