LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Campbeltown, Argyllshire. — About •8.45 in the evening, on the 16th of August, 1950, the Southcnd Coast- guard telephoned that a small vessel had been reported oil a reef at Arran- man's Barrels Buoy, Macharioch. At 9.13 the life-boat...

We are now entering the third and final year of the RNLI’s partnership with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE).

SSE is committed to supporting the communities in which it operates. When work began on the Greater Gabbard...

Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 8.39 on the evening of the 24th of July, 1953, the Penmon coastguard rang up to say that two people were stranded on Puffin Island and were waving for help.

As the weather was too bad for a...

Whitehills, and Buckie, Banffshire.— While bound from Narvik to Working- ton, with a cargo of iron ore, and a crew of 28, the Swedish steamer Frej, of Stockholm, met heavy weather and sheltered in Banff Bay. At 3.20 on the morning...

JANUARY 5TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.

A steamer had gone ashore ten days before, one of the salvage vessels had also gone ashore, and the life-boat was asked to take the naval salvage officer from a tug to this vessel, but...

Whltby, Yorkshire.—At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 10th of February, 1953, the conditions at the harbour bar were very bad and four local fishing vessels were still at sea. The No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 12.38 in a...

THE SCOTTISH LIFE-BOAT COUNCIL is producing a new magazine, The Scottish Life-boat, in June, 1967. The new magazine, which will appear annually, will have a wide range and cover all aspects of the work of the Institution in Scotland, with a...

Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 11.45 in the morning of the 2nd of April, 1952, the life-boat head launcher reported that the seas were very heavy on the harbour bar, making the conditions bad for returning fishing cobles. Four cobles were at...