LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
St. Joseph
Stornoway and Barra Island, Hebrides.— On the night of the 17th-18th October the Norwegian steamer St. Joseph, of Tonsberg, ran aground on the Grey Rocks, in the Sound of Mull. A whole N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and snow...
Challenge
The Life-boat Charles and Susanna Stephens saved the crew of three hands of the barge Challenge, of Weymouth, during a strong N.E. gale and very heavy sea, on the 12th April. The barge, whilst bound from Portland to London with a cargo...
A Minesweeper
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY MINESWEEPER AGROUND Bembridge, Isle of Wight. At 8.2 on the morning of the 2nd April, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a minesweeper had been reported ashore near St. Catherine's Point. There...
A Speed Boat
Rhyl, Flintshire - At 4.30 a.m. on 22nd September, 1969, the honorary secretary received an anticipatory message from the coastguard reporting that a speedboat with three men on board was overdue from a fishing trip. At 8.13 the coastguard...
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Shoreline
WHEN PLANNING the Shoreline appeal to fund a 37'6" Rother Lifeboat to be named RNLB Shoreline, the first target set was £100,000 by the time the boat is ready to launch for her initial trials.
That target is...
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Beecher Stowe
SUTTON, LINCOLNSHIBE.—On the morning of the 16th December the barque Beecher Stowe, laden with deals, was driven ashore off Mablethorpe. The Sutton Lifeboat, the Caroline, was then drawn to the spot, 3 miles, by land, and launched to the aid...
Frances Mary
On the 23rd August, the brigantine Frances Mary, of Drogheda, stranded on Drogheda Bar during a, heavy E. gale, accompanied by a rough sea. The John Rutter Ohorley Life-boat proceeded to her assistance, but only 1 of the crew then came...
Messenger
ST. DAVID'S, PEMBROKESHIRE.—On the 15th October, at about 1 P.M., the Augusta Life-boat was launched, it having been reported that the brigantine Messenger, of Exeter, bound from Teignmotzth to Buncorn with a cargo of clay, had had all...
Springtide
Gale search A 999 CALL was received by Hartland Coastguard at 2125 on Saturday April 25 from the owner and skipper of the 55ft auxiliary ketch Springtide. He told them that the yacht had been moored in an exposed position in Ilfracombe...