LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Corcrest, of London
MARCH 7TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.
About 4.30 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that Humber Radio had picked up a message from the S.S. Corcrest, of London.
She was aground on the Haisborough Sands and...
Trapped in the Thames
When a man’s oldest friend fell into the River Thames moments after his beloved dog ran away, could anyone rescue his two best pals?
It was a bitterly cold evening on 15 January when...
Category: Articles
Accounts of Services by Life-boats (1)
Launches 18. Lives Rescued 7.
FEB. 11TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO.
WEXFORD. At 9.55 P.M. a telephone message was received that the Coningbeg Lightvessel had signalled a passing steamer that she wanted the...
Category: Services
Elephant
The tubular life-boat was likewise the means of rendering good service to another shipwrecked crew on the 19th October.
During the previous night a very severe gale had swept over Liverpool and its neigh- bourhood, and...
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Swimmer saved by lifeboat crew A short but dramatic rescue in which three members of Hastings lifeboat station (one of them the coxswain of the station's Mersey class lifeboat) went into the water to save a young man in danger of being...
The Fishing Fleet
The Life - boat Queensbury was launched about 7.30 A.M. on the morning of the 9th June to render assistance to the fishing fleet, which had to return to harbour on account of the weather.
The cobles left for the fishing...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: Please Note Regretfully, only coxswains and branch and guild officials with a minimum of 10 years service can now be accepted for inclusion in the Obituaries column of THE...
Category: Obituaries
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
A LONG SEARCH IN FOG Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.— At 8.35 in the evening of the 17th of August, 1947, the Filey coastguard reported that a sailing dinghy, in which two men had put out fishing at 2.0 in the afternoon, should have...
Helen Mary
Appledore, and Clovelly, Devon.—-During the afternoon of the 7th August, 1937, signals were seen coming from a small motor yacht oft Westward Ho, A moderate N.N. W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to moderate sea. The Appledore motor...
Aileena
Selsey, Sussex.—At 10.0 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1951, a life-boat launcher said he had seen a yacht anchored about three miles off Selsey. She was flying a flag at half mast. There was a steamer near her, but it did not go to...