LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bucephalus, of Shields
On September 22nd, during a fresh breeze at E.N.E., a burning tar-barrel was observed at this station from some distressed vessel in the direction of the east end of the Goodwin Sands. The steam-tug Vulwm, with the Life-boat Bradford in tow,...
New Boats for North Sunderland and Exmouth
The new North Sunderland life-boat was named Grace Darling at the life- boat station at Seahouses on the 31st of July. Mr. H. E. B. Daniell, chair- man of the North Sunderland branch, took the chair. Lieut. E. D. Stogdon, R.N.V.R., district...
Category: Inaugurations
St. Stephen
THREE LIFE-BOATS TO A TRAWLER'S HELP Peterhead, and Fraserburgh, Aberdeen- shire, and Buckie, Banffshire.—At 3.5 in the afternoon of Jaimavy 6th, 1947, the coastguard telephoned to the Peterhead life-boat that the steam trawler St....
Stephen Whittle Coxswain of Dunmore East Lifeboat By Ray Kipling
DUNMORE EAST is a fishing port at the mouth of Waterford Harbour in southeastern Ireland, just off the busy shipping lanes leading from the Atlantic Ocean up St George's Channel and into the Irish Sea. The shore sweeps down to Hook Head...
Category: Articles
Two Rescues By Shore-Boats
San day, Orkney Islands, and Smerwick, Co. Kerry.
ABOUT ten at night on 24th June, 1924, a small boat, with three men on board, was capsized in a sudden and heavy squall in Otterswick Bay, at Sanday, in the Orkney Islands....
Category: Services
Paquita, of Santander
Very early on the morning of the 4th January, a vessel was seen on the Dogger Bank, off this coast, on which a rough sea was then breaking.
As soon as possible the smaller of the two Life-boats on this station, the Civil...
Reginam, James and Orbe
On the same day, during a very strong N.E. gale, with a heavy sea, the Skegness Life-boat, Her- bert Ingram, rendered valuable service to distressed vessels and their crews. In the first instance a flag of distress was seen from a passing...
Claude
Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire.—At about 7 o'clock in the evening of the 7th of April, 1948, a French fishing vessel was seen off Aberystwyth, but was lost to sight and anxiety was felt for her safety. At 9.30 the Borth police were rung up...
Diana
Lythatn-St. Anne's, Lancashire, and New Brighton, Cheshire - At sevenminutes past midnight on I5th October, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain of the Lytham-St. Anne's life-boat that a fishing boat which left Crossens at 10...
Award to Life Saving Companies for Best Service
MR. JOHN BOYD-CARPENTER, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, has awarded the shield for the best wreck service of the year to be held jointly by the rocket coast life saving companies of Sea Palling and Winterton. Norfolk.
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Category: Awards