LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Vessel
At 10.8 P.M. on the 15th June information was received by wire- less from the Cross Sand Lightvessel, through the Coastguard, that a vessel was burning flares about five miles south of the Cross Sand. The Motor Life-boat John and Mary...
Prospect
PORT LOGAN.—A message by telephone was received from the coastguard at Drummore on the 25th January, reporting that a vessel was flying a signal of distress. The wind was blowing a moderate to a strong gale, the sea was heavy, and the...
Prince of Wales
DARTMOUTH. — Signals having been fired, denoting that a vessel was in danger, the crew of the Life-boat Henry and Amanda Shaw were snmmoned, and about 10.45 A.M. on the llth January, the boat left her moorings and proceeded the rescue....
Fertile
WITHERNSEA.—On the morning of the 1st April intelligence was received that a fishing smack and a large steamer had stranded. A dense fog prevailed at the time and there was a heavy ground swell.
The Life-boat Admiral Sous...
A Dinghy
Aberdeen - At 11.39 p.m. on 2nd March, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an outboard dinghy with four people on board which had left Stonehaven at 7.30 was overdue. At 12.20 a.m.
as none of the...
A Yacht
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford - At 9 p.m. on 13th July, 1968, the honorary secretary was informed thata yacht with two men on board was aground on the rocks at the foot of the cliff outside Dunmore harbour.
The life-boat H. F...
Jeannie
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 7.20 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1958, the coxswain received a message that a fishing boat had been in collision with the trawler Strathdon off Peter- head. The motor fishing vessel Wave Sheaf was...
Award of a Gold Watch
MR. DAVID EVANS, who is second mate of the tanker Pass of Balmaha, has been presented with a gold watch and scroll by the Bulk Oil Steamship Co. Ltd., in recognition of his gallantry in diving overboard while the ship was in the Firth of...
Category: Awards
Dunottar Castle
Barra Island, Hebrides. At 10.10 on the night of the 16th of June, 1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the parents of the crew of the fishing boat Dunottar Castle that the men were five hours overdue from fishing lobsters...
A Jet Speed Boat
Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire. At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of April, I960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a jet speed-boat with a young man aboard was adrift between Abersoch beach and Llanbe- drog point. As no...