LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An American Fortress Aeroplane (1)
FEBRUARY 22ND. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
An American Fortress aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but her crew had baled out on land. - Rewards, £29 13s..
An R.A.F. Mosquito Aeroplane (1)
OCTOBER 11TH. - PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. At 11.29 in the morning the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. Mosquito aeroplane had crashed into the sea three miles north-east of Porthdinllaen Point. A light east-north-east wind was...
A Motor Fishing Boat (1)
SEPTEMBER 9TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
A motor fishing boat had been drifting with her engine broken down, but got under way again unaided. - Rewards, £3 2s. 6d..
Manx Lass, of Peel (1)
SEPTEMBER 18TH. -PORT ERIN, AND PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. At 11.21 in the morning the Castletown coastguard reported to the Port Erin life-boat station that the Peel life-boat, had launched at eleven o’clock to search for the herring drifter Manx...
H.M. Trawler Marjory Hastie (1)
FEBRUARY 20TH. - TYNEMOUTH, AND CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.13 in the morning the honorary secretary at Tynemouth had a telephone call from the Port War Signal Station that one ofH.M. trawlers had struck a mine about...
May Day 1-31 May
‘ If it wasn’t for the helmet, I wouldn’t be here’
It’s easy to take the things that protect us for granted. We get used to having our day-to-day safety nets there
should we ever need them. But our volunteers...
Category: Articles
Day Dawn, of Peterhead (1)
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. — On the 7th December, 1937, at about 2.30 P.M., information was received from the coastguard that the motor fishing boat Day Dawn, of Peterhead, with a crew of three, had been sighted by the lightkeeper at...
The S.S. Ronja Borchard (1)
Amble, and Boulmer, Northumberland.
•—About 6.30 in the morning of the 10th of February, 1950, the Amble coastguard reported to the Amble life- boat authorities that a vessel was ashore near Coquet Island; and the life-boat...
H.M. Trawler Dunraven Castle (1)
JANUARY 29TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
At 7.6 at night a telephone call was received from the naval authorities that H.M. trawler Dunraven Castle had run aground on Iron Rock Ledges, Isle of Arran,...
A Motor Fishing Vessel (1)
NOVEMBER 22ND. - LYTHAM-ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. A motor fishing vessel had been overdue, but after spending the night aground she arrived next morning. - Rewards, £5 19s..