LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Admiralty L.C.T. 534
DECEMBER 13TH. - WALMER, KENT.
At 8.20 A.M. the Deal coastguard asked for the life-boat crew to be assembled. At 9.18 A.M. a further message came that vessel was over the Brake Sands, and the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin...
The S.S.. Hilda
AUG. 2 9TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE. At 3.10 A.M . the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on May Island. The weather was very thick, with a light easterly breeze and a smooth sea. The motor life.
boat Nellie and Charlie...
Kremlin
At 6 A.M.
on the 8th April the Coastguard re- ported that a three-masted steamer was ashore on the north side of Rattray Head. The No. 1 Life-boat George Pickard was launched without delay and proceeded, under sails, to the...
Bonne Adele
HAYLE, CORNWALL.—The schooner Bonne Adele, of Isigny, France, bound to that port from Llanelly, with coal, parted her cables and drove ashore about a quarter of a mile west of Hayle Bar during a strong N. gale and heavy sea, at about 3 P.M....
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Coxswain James Wilson of St. Abbs. He first joined the crew in 1947, was assistant mechanic from 1951 until the 1st of October, 1953, when he was appointed coxswain. During his period of service the St. Abbs...
Category: Articles
Carita
APRIL 17TH. - DOUGLAS, AND RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 5 P.M.. a message was received at Ramsey from the coastguard that an aeroplane had sighted a vessel showing distress signals about five miles to the southeast of Ramsey, and at 5.40 the...
(Left) the Mf Receiver and Transmitter
fll Thf MF i&rcnyer anrl transmitter are npar tho rr«w miamhBr'i; Inft tianH with thf» MF Heft) The MF receiver and transmitter are near the crew member's left hand with the MF DF set above The much smaller VHF radio... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Perseverence and Lugger
Two yachts in force 10 WHEN, at 2327 on September 20, 1973, the honorary secretary of Shoreham, Sussex, was told by the Coastguard that a yacht was in distress 20 miles south of Shoreham, the maroons were fired and Dorothy and Philip...
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Galway Bay. On the evening of the 8th of September, 1960, the island medical officer asked for the help of the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson to take a sick woman from the Middle Island to the mainland for hospital treatment. No other...
Lewant
NOVEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At 10.30 P.M. the coastguard at Donaghadee reported a steamer ashore in Belfast Lough. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, but the sea was rough. A later message asked for help, and the...