LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Windsor Rose and June Rose
Cromer, Norfolk. Shortly after noon on the 16th of April, 1960, weather conditions began to deteriorate and some anxiety was felt for two Shering- ham crab boats fishing off Cromer.
The Sheringham coxswain made en- quiries...
Royalty at Exmouth
The Duchess of Kent took over the wheel of Exmouth life-boat, City of Birmingham, during a brief visit to the town's life-boat station on 14th May. Coxswain Brian Rowsell, who stood beside her in the wheel-house, said she showed a...
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Louisa (1)
^Walton and Frinton's lifeboat in action on a irvice to another yacht on 21 October 1990 sands to the south of the service on the i page.
The lifeboat had been launched at 0413 to i the Sheerness lifeboat, a helicopter...
Services of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
ARBROATH, FORFARSHIRE.—At about 11 P.M. on the 27th May the large fishing-boat Brothers Gem stranded on the rocks about half a mile to the N.E.
of Arbroath Harbour, and cries for help could be heard from the...
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Fishing Vessels (1)
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.30 on the morning of the 1st of October, 1952, the life-boat bowman, reported that the wind had freshened, causing a heavy sea and swell. The local fishing vessels were at sea, and at 10.0 the No. 1 life- boat Mary...
William Henry
RHYL, NORTH WALKS. — At about 2 A.M.
on the 18th November, the Coastguard on duty observed a vessel in a dangerous position opposite Rhyl, tat making no signals of distress. At about 3 o'clock the vessel appeared to be...
City of Perth
BALCARY.—The schooner City of Perth, of and for Creetown, from Liverpool in ballast, was reported to be in distress on Bascarral shore on the 27th January. A strong breeze was blowing from the S.W.
and the sea was heavy. At...
The S.S. Minerva
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—The Life-boat Ellen and Eliza was launched at 5.45 A.M. on the 16th February, and proceeded to the s.s. Minerva, of Sunderland, which had stranded on Quarry Point in a strong breeze from S. by E., a moderate sea,...
Jessomene
The Caister No. 1 Life-boat Covenl Garden rendered valuable assistance to the ship Jessomene, of Liverpool, on the 21st January.
The vessel, whilst bound from South Shields to California with a general cargo, got in...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Shortly before 8 A.M., on the 2nd April, it was reported that the fishing fleet were at sea and some of them were coming for the har- bour. There was a strong W.N.W.
breeze, and the sea was growing on the Bar as the tide...