LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Virgin
Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At 8.45 on the morning of the 28th of March, 1956, the Southend coastguard rang up to say that the fishing boat Virgin, of Castlebay, which had a crew of five, had run ashore on the eastern side of Barra Island....
Arka
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 10.30 on the night of the 9th October, 1961, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that a Polish fishing vessel was aground near the old pier lighthouse.
At eleven o'clock, the...
Temperance Star
REDCAR.—On the 2 2nd January the fishing-smack Temperance Star, of Redcar, was driven near the rocks during a strong gale from N.N.E., accompanied by a rough sea. On observing her perilous position, the Life-boat Burton-on- Trent was...
Restless, of Petershead
On the following day the same life-boat put off again, and brought ashore the crew of 6 men from the schooner Restless, of Peterhead, which was totally wrecked on the Hasborough Sands, during a fresh wind and heavy sea. The shipwrecked crew...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Fortieth Anniversary of this excellent Society was held at the City Terminus Hotel on the 14th May, The EARL OF ABERDEEN, V.P., occupied the Chair on ' the occasion.
1 Amongst those present were— His Excellency the...
Category: Meetings
Oceanic II (1)
A LONG SEARCH Margate, Kent, and Walton-on-the- Naze, Essex.—At 2.50 in the after- noon of the 24th of May, 1947, the coastguard telephoned that the Ameri- can steamer John Lefarge had reported that she had collided with and sunk a fishing...
Violet and Virgin,Training Ship Prince Louis, Ketch Owl
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 3.25 on on the afternoon of the 16th September, 1961, a local resident informed the honorary secretary that the small fish- ing vessel Violet was unable to make the harbour entrance. The wind at the time had...
Sea Beat
'COME ON, BEN,' and as Bridlington lifeboat prepares to launch on service Police Constable Usher quickly boards as seventh man; 'I'll come with you,' and at Douglas Chief Inspector Robin Corrin (later Deputy Chief...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 2.15 on the afternoon of the 6th of January, 1961, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that in his opinion the rapidly deterior- ating weather conditions would make it dangerous for the returning fishing fleet as...
North Britain, of Southampton
.—On the after- noon of the 6th December, information was received here that a large vessel was in a very perilous position in the bay, and the life-boat Richard Lewis, at Penzance, was at once got in readiness, in case her services should...