LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Rowing Boat and a Dinghy
Two calls NEWTON AUXILIARY COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Craster lifeboat station at 1100 on Saturday May 1 that three men had moored their fishing boat at Newton Haven, a few miles to the north of Craster, and, trying to row...
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Lytham - St. - Annes, Lancashire. — At 5.32 in the evening, on the 17th of November, 1950, the police telephoned that the S.S. Empire Gaelic had wire- lessed them. She had heard cries for help from the marshes near the third mile light on...
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Ocean Harvest
JULY 13TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
At 2.25 P.M. a message was received from the Rattray Head coastguard, through the Peterhead coastguard, stating that a steam drifter was ashore at Rattray Head. A light E.N.E. breeze...
Drakedene
Plymouth, Devon.—At 9.20 on the night of the 4th of February, 1951, the King's Harbour Master reported that the motor vessel Drakedene, of Cardiff, with a crew of nine, had dragged her anchors and was on the rocks near Jennycliff. At...
Moored Alongside at Stenpiren Quay: (I to R) Ulla Rinman Sweden Dan Brostrom Sweden City of London Rnli Fritz Behrens Federal Republic of Germany Olav V Norway Geb
Moored alongside at Stenpiren Quay: (I to r) Ulla Rinman, Sweden, Dan Brostrom, Sweden, City of London, RNLI, Fritz Behrens, Federal Republic of Germany, Olav V, Norway, Gebroeders Luden, The Netherlands, and (in foreground) Alice Olsson,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Paquite De Terranova
At day- break on the 25th September, a vessel was observed at anchor close in-shore in the Bay to the west of Carnsore Point.
It was blowing hard from W.8.W., and, as usual with an on-shore wind on this coast, a heavy sea...
Albert
On the morn- ing of the 12th July the schooner Alert, of Falmouth, whilst working down Channel, bound for Truro with coal, was seen to miss stays, and before the crew could wear ship she struck on Taylor's Bank. The Life-boat John and...
Unsung Heroes Hamish Steven
A Caithness fundraiser tells us what it’s like to be part of the RNLI family
What do you do?
I’m deputy chairman of the Wick RNLI Fundraising Branch. I’ve been involved for over a decade. Wick’s quite a small...
Category: Articles
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Hazardous as two casualties are brought to safety The rescue of two persons trapped at the end of a breakwater by heavy breaking seas has led to David Porritt, helmsman of Staithes and Runswick Atlantic 21 class lifeboat being awarded the...