LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Alma
At about 1.30 P.M. on the 9th January the Life-boat Coxswain with a large number of men witnessed the breaking away from their moorings of two boats anchored in Holy Island Harbour, one being the cutter Alma, of South Shields, and the other...
Atmospheric Phenomena In 1880
THE Astronomer Royal (Sir George B. Airy) in liis recent report states—amongst other in- teresting subjects—that the mean temperature of 1880 was 49-4 deg., being O'l deg. above the average of the preceding 39 years. The highest...
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150th Anniversary
H.M. COASTGUARD celebrated its 1 50th anniversary on 15th January, having been formally established in 1822 as the 'Coast Guard' following the report of a 'committee appointed by His Royal Highness The Prince Regent to enquire...
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Seylla II
Steering damaged BRONZE MEDAL AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY, 1986 found the Channel Islands in the grip of a southerly force 10 storm, which had earlier swept across most of the rest of Britain.
At 1935 St Peter Port Radio...
George Lamey (Third from R) Holder of the Bronze Medal Who Retired As Coxswain In 1955 After 26 Years Service at Clovelly Was Presented With a Statuette for Collecti
George Lamey (third from r.), holder of the bronze medal, who retired as coxswain in 1955 after 26 years service at Clovelly, was presented with a statuette for collecting £3,000 in four years with a collecting box at the lookout.... - View image in PDF
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William, of Liverpool
On the 5th February a very gallant service, which challenged and secured the admiration of the town, was performed by the same valuable Life-boat. It was blowing a fresh gale from the S.S.E., when a vessel which entered the harbour reported...
Ercole, of Naples
On the 25th Jan. the brig ! Ercole, of Naples, was descried off St.Anne's Head in a distressed and (in the i judgment of the crew) hopeless condition ; they haying, in consequence of her dis- I abled state, anchored their vessel on a...
A Small Sailing Boat
Moelfre, Anglesey. •—• During the morning of the 7th September a man and a woman put off from Benllech in a small sailing boat. A strong squall sprang up from the south-west, and the sea became rough. The man and woman lowered the sails, but...
William Porter
Aberdeen.—On the night of the 17th January three pilots went down-channel to change the lights marking the wreck of the trawler George Stroud. While they were at work the propeller of their cutter—William Porter—fouled the mooring-wire, and...