LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Jennie
Coverack, Cornwall. At 3.20 on the afternoon of the 25th of April, 1960, the motor fishing vessel Jennie left Coverack for Falmouth to have her engine over- hauled. There was a gentle north- westerly wind and a smooth sea. Later she was seen...
Mark Lisa
WORKINGTON, Sunday January 6, 1985: a 33ft fishing vessel, Mark Lisa, with two men aboard, on passage between Fleetwood and Tarbert on the Clyde, suffered engine failure and drifted on to rocks at St Bees Head. She then floated off, leaking...
The Edam, of Rotterdam
NOVEMBER 18TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.10 in the afternoon a steamer had been seen to go ashore on the Goodwin Sands. A moderate north-east wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil Service No. 2) was...
(Right) Between July and October Last Year Beccles and District Branch Pirate Ship 'Raided' Holidaymakers on the Norfolk Broads With Collecting Boxes and Raised (550
(Right) Between July and October last year Beccles and District branch pirate ship 'raided' holidaymakers on the Norfolk Broads with collecting boxes and raised (.550.11; this year she will be outward bound in March. Her crew are:... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Leona
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—While the Life-boat Mary Isabella was out for practice on the 31st January, a trawler reported that a schooner was in need ofassistance, most of her sails having been blown away. A strong gale was blowing from the S.W.,...
Hazleside
Court macsherry, Co. Cork.—24th September, 1939. A message had been received that a steamer was in distress, as a result of enemy action, about fifteen miles south of Fastnet Lighthouse. She was the steamer Hazleside, of Newcastle-on-Tyne,...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: October 1996 Mrs Peggy Mabe, president of Fishguard and Goodwick ladies lifeboat guild. Mrs Mabe was a founder member of the guild in 1961 and held the office of treasurer during her time on...
Category: Obituaries
Ben Meidie
Wick, Caithness-shire, and Longhope, Orkneys. At 11.26 on the night of the 7th of October, 1958, the coastguard at Kirkwall informed the honorary secre- tary at Longhope that the trawler Ben Meidie of North Shields was ashore on the Pentland...
Ben Meidie (1)
Wick, Caithness-shire, and Longhope, Orkneys. At 11.26 on the night of the 7th of October, 1958, the coastguard at Kirkwall informed the honorary secre- tary at Longhope that the trawler Ben Meidie of North Shields was ashore on the Pentland...
The Rnli's Pro Edward Wake-Walker Receives a Commemorative Medal from Her Majesty the Queen After His Return from the Usa
The RNLI's PRO, Edward Wake-Walker receives a commemorative medal from Her Majesty the Queen after his return from the USA.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs