LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Triton
On the 19th of January, at 9 A.M., the No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, was launched to the assistance of the brig Triton, of Svelvig—bound from Memel to France with oak boards—which was in a dangerous position near the Scroby Sands, during a N...
Royal Arch, of Arbroath
ARBROATH.—At about 7 P.M. on the 13th April, while a strong gale was blowing from S.E., the fishing-boat Royal Arch, of Arbroath, was seen attempting to make the harbour. A very heavy sea was running, the tide was low and she was apparently...
Fishing Cobles
Seven of the fishing cobles belonging to Newbiggin were overtaken by tem- pestuous weather on the 8th January.
There had been a strong swell all the morning, with the wind in the N.N.E., and some of the other boats put back...
Fishing Cobles (1)
About 10 A.M. on the 21st February, the wind rose very suddenly bringing up a heavy sea. As there were thirteen of the fishing cobles out at the fishing ground, the fishermen on shore requested that the Life-boat might be launched, as they...
A Fishing Boat
On the 6th January two members of the Life- boat's crew were out fishing in one of the small boats belonging to Skegness, when a north-westerly gale sprang up, and shortly after three o'clock in the after- noon their mast carried...
Fishing Cobles (2)
Between 4 and 5 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd December eleven of the fishing cobles belonging to Whitby put off for fishing, but some hours later the sea increased rapidly and commenced to break heavily right across the entrance to...
Life-Boat Appointments
FOLLOWING on the retirement of Captain Howard F. J. Rowley, C.B.E., R.N., the Committee of Management have appointed Commander E. D. Drury, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., Chief Inspector of Life-boats. Commander Drury, who has been Deputy-Chief...
Category: Committee
Therisa
Early on the morn- ing of the 19th October the coastguard telephoned that a barge, bearing one mile N.E. by N. from Deal coastguard station, was burning flares. A mode- rate W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea and squalls of rain. The...
Rosemary and Rachel
Scarborough, Yorkshire. — On the morning of the 27th of March, 1952, two local cobles, the Rosemary and the Rachel, were at sea. A strong north- north-east wind was blowing, with snow showers. The sea was rough and the harbour entrance...
Converted Life-Boat In Danger
AT 12.15, early on the morning of the 13th of July, 1952, the Walney coastguard rang up the Barrow life- boat station to say that a man living in Bootle had reported that his small daughter had seen a small boat aground half a mile south of...
Category: Services