LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Kyanite
The s.s. Kyanite, of Glasgow, whilst bound from Treport, France, to Manchester, with a cargo of flints, stranded at the Lizard on the 24th June. The crew of the Life-boat Minnie Moon were assembled, and the i Life-boat launched at 2.35 A.M....
Sway (1)
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 2.20 early on the morning of the 7th of November, 1952, the coastguard tele- phoned that a rocket had been seen in the direction of Shellness Point, and at 2.55 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3,...
From the Fighting Services.
The fighting services have again been most generous with their help. Between them last year they gave over £12,000. The Nary gave seven times as much as in the last yeat of peace; the Air Force eight times as much; the Army tifteen...
Category: Articles
The Tender M.F.V. 1547
Plymouth, Devon. At 12.54 on the afternoon of the 18th of October, 1957, a message was received that a naval tender was asking for help in Whitsand Bay and that the tug Superman was being sent. As no further details were known it was decided...
The Caister Disaster Pension Fund
Ix the issue of The Life-boat for last September an article was published on the pension fund which was formed to provide for the forty-two dependants of the nine life-boatmen who lost their lives when the Caister No. 2 life-boat was wrecked...
Category: Articles
Ellen Owens, of Cardigan
On the 12th December, in a heavy gale from S.S.W., the smack Ellen Owens, of Cardigan, at anchor in Fishguard Bay, was observed to be driving, and to have a signal of distress hoisted. The Fishguard life-boat was soon launched, and proceeded...
H.M.S. Mersey
Blackpool, Lancashire. At 9.15 a.m.
on I4th June, 1964, the life-boat Maria Noble launched in a strong north-westerly breeze and rough sea to return the captain and other officers to H.M.S. Mersey, which was i| miles off...
Windsor Lad, Kathleen, and John and Nancy
SE P T E M B E R 2 8 T H . - F I L E Y , Y O R K - SHIRE. The fishing fleet, had put to sea as usual. The northerly wind was increasing; the sea was getting rough ; three of the boats turned back ; and at 9.20 in the morning the motor...
Harwich:
Harwich: At 0630 on the morning of Friday June 8, 1984, Harwich's 44ft Waveney class lifeboat, John Fison, slipped her moorings to go to the aid of the 107ft schooner, Stina. Returning to Maldon from Amsterdam with nine people on board,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Survey Ship H.M.S. Echo
UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH Margate, Kent. At 3.41 p.m. on ist April, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two men had been lost overboard from the survey ship H.M.S. Echo in the Edinburgh Channel off the North East Shingles...