LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Helmsman Donald Jones (Right) Has Been Awarded a Bronze Medal and Crew Member Paul Frost a Medal Service Certificate for the Rescue In a Force 7 Gusting 9 Wind
Helmsman Donald Jones (right) has been awarded a bronze medal and Crew Member Paul Frost a medal service certificate for the rescue, in a force 7 gusting 9 wind, of two boys cut off by the tide. photograph by courtesy of Philip... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To EDWAKD WIOKHAM, on his retirement, after serving 27 years as Coxswain and previously 13 years as Second Coxswain of the Wexford Life-boat, a Certificate of Service, a Pension, and a Special Gratuity.
To STEPHEN CLAYSON,...
Category: Awards
Flandre
Bridlington, Yorkshire. — At ten o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of September, 1956, a telephone message was received from Lloyds agent that the trawler Flandre, of Derwent, was entering the bay with an injured man on board who needed...
Gower Pride
Saviours at the sand When faced with 3m swells, notorious sandbanks and a drifting, rolling fishing vessel, it cannot be easy to stay calm. But the composure and courage of a helmsman and her crew in just such conditions saved two lives -...
H.M. Destroyers G51 and H78 (1)
OCTOBER 17TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the morning the coastguard reported that two vessels were ashore off Whitburn.
A moderate breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough...
Talvaldis
JULY 9TH. - SALCOMBE, AND TORBAY, DEVON. At 7.10 P.M. the Prawle Point Signal Station reported that a vessel was being bombed by enemy aeroplanes three or four miles away. A fresh S.W. wind was blowing, but the sea was smooth. At 7.30...
Lifeboat Services (1)
Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON1050: Jun 13, Jul 7, 18,27and 28 Relief D class: Jun 13, Jul 18, 28 and 31 Abersoch, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Jun 25, Jul 4, 5 (twice), 9 and 10 Aldeburgh, Suffolk 12m Mersey ON 1193: Jul 26 and 30 D class: Jul 30...
Category: Services
H.M. Submarine Tuna and H.M. Examination Vessel Sedulous (1)
NOVEMBER 2ND. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 9.45 in the morning, the Blyth coastguard reported a ship ashore half a mile south of St. Mary’s Lighthouse. The sea was slight, with a light north-east wind blowing, but there was a...
Delia
AUGUST 29TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At 3.30 in the afternoon, messages were received from the Colwyn Bay police and the Rhyl coastguard that a fishing boat was in distress off Rhos pier, drifting seawards. A strong...
Success
NOVEMBER 19TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
During the afternoon the weather worsened. The only Whitby fishing boat still at sea was the motor fishing boat Success.
Anxiety was felt for her safety. A southwesterly...