LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jane Douglas
On the evening of the 12th May the weather came on thick, whilst a very heavy sea was running. Just before the fog came on the -coble Jane Douglas, of Beadnell, was observed between North Sunderland Point and Beadnell. About 7 P.M., as the...
Ercole, of Naples
On the 25th Jan. the brig ! Ercole, of Naples, was descried off St.Anne's Head in a distressed and (in the i judgment of the crew) hopeless condition ; they haying, in consequence of her dis- I abled state, anchored their vessel on a...
Inshore Lifeboat Services December 1976 January and February 1977
Aberdovey, Gwynedd December 2 and 12.
Beaumaris, Gwynedd January 29.
Broughty Ferry, Tayside December 12.
Conwy, Gwynedd February 11.
Eastney (B.530), Hampshire December...
Category: Services
The Annie Jane and Dolphin
On the 7th February, at 12.45 P.M., the Life-boat Mary Isabella put off in a strong W.S.W. gale and a rough sea to the assistance of the Annie Jane, of Feel, which, in beating up for the harbour, carried away her foremast, and signalled for...
Maid of Erin
On the evening of the 30th November the herring drifter Maid of Erin, of Porta- vogie, returning to port from herring fishing, had engine trouble when about two miles N.E. of Maryport. She carried a crew of four. She dropped her anchor,...
Round Britain Record:
Round Britain record: Ten months and several pairs of walking boots after setting out from Skegness in April last year, round Britain walker Ron Bttllen arrived back at hi.s starling point having completed 7.053 miles in 313 days. Mr Bullen... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Civil Service Life-Boat Fund
AT the annual meeting of the committee of this fund, held on the 16th. January last, and presided over by Mr. CHARLES G. TURNER, Controller-General of Inland Revenue, Mr. CHARLES DIBDIN, the honorary secretary, reported that during the past...
Category: Meetings
Richmond Castle
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.15 P.M.
on the 30th January, 1938, the harbourmaster reported that a vessel between Monifieth and Lady Buoy, in the mouth of the Tay, was firing distress signals.
A S.W. breeze...
Eleanor
Barrow, Lancashire. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 13th of July, 1958, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that he had seen a fishing boat in difficulties four miles south-east o the life-boat station. Five minutes later the...
Port Stanley
The large four- masted barque Port Stanley, of Glasgow, ran into Ballyheigue Bay, Co. Kerry, on 19th April, mistaking it for the mouth of the Shannon. Tie ship let go her anchors and saved herself from going aground, but remained in a...