LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Salcombe, Devonshire.— The motor trawler Tarascon, of Boulogne, ran on to the rocks in Steeple Cove at about 10 P.M. on the 22nd March, 1938. Her wireless was put out of order when she struck, and she had no rockets. There was a very heavy...

Weymouth, Dorset.—At 5.25 in the evening of the 28th of December, 1951, the master of the motor vessel Fran- cine, of Antwerp, who had come ashore to get stores, reported that the Francine was drifting ashore a hundred yards off Weymouth...

WE wish to draw the attention of all readers of The Life-boat to a song called " The Life-boatman," the words and music of which have been written by Mr. Louis Drakeford. This song is being published, under the auspices of the...

IRISH AND GREEK SHIPS ASHORE IN A BLIZZARD Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—At 7.20 in the morning of February 26th, 1947, the Southend coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Royal Ulsterman, of Belfast, was aground on Arran. She was on her...

North Sunderland, and Holy Island, Northumberland. — At 10.10 on the morning of the 15th of February, 1951, several local fishing boats were seen in difficulties making for North Sun- derland harbour in a heavy swell and a light easterly...

Membership by Instalments If you currently subscribe by direct debit you may be interested to hear that we can now offer the facility to pay by monthly or quarterly instalments. It is uneconomical to collect small amounts by direct debit,...

A helping hand After leaving the River Crouch on 22 October 19951 unfortunately crossed the Swallow Tail Spit too close to the buoy at 1530, two hours before low water, and went aground.

The sea was calm and apart from...

Photographers save fishermen in GaleA rescue carried out by the crew of a rigid inflatable in Gale force conditions on 16 April 1991 has earned its two-man crew awards from the RNLI. The owner of the boat, Rick Tomlinson (a former crew...