LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fernand, of St Malo
On the morning of .the 23rd November the schooner Fer- nand,, of St. .Male, stranded on the West Sand, at the entrance of Blakeney Harbour.
;In the evening it came on to blow heavily from E.S.E., causing a very bad sea,...
Beatrix, of Whitby
The life-boat Letitia was launched about midnight on the j 12th February, 1869, in reply to signals of distress from the brig Beatrix, of Whitby, which was riding heavily in the Roads near Gorton Gapway, with her mainmast cut; away, during a...
Isabella Granger, of Whitby
"While she was rendering this service, the Mark Lane Life-boat had gone off to a vessel which had sunk in the Roads, but no traces could be found of the crew of that ill-fated ship. The boat was returning when she was hailed by the...
Gesine
The Life- boat James Stevens No. 13 performed an excellent service on the 14th April.
At 5.30 in the morning a message was received that a vessel was on the rocks at Westhaven, Carnoustie. With all haste the Life-boat...
A Small Boat
Cromer, Norfolk.—During the morning of the 18th June, 1939, a small boat with five boys on board was seen two miles N.N.E. from the life-boat station.
A moderate S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The boat was...
Ystroom, of Amsterdam
On the 27th January, during a fresh breeze at S.S.E., in obedience to signals observed from the North Sand Head and Gull Lightships, the Life- boat Bradford, in tow of the steam-tug Aid, proceeded to the barque Ystroom, of Amsterdam, then...
Richard Thomas, of Belfast
On the 25th October the Christopher Ludlow Life-boat of this station was enabled to render valuable assistance to the brigantine Richard Thompson, of Belfast, which had •gone on Dungarvan Bar during a fresh breeze at S.S.W. The sea broke...
A Dinghy
Skilful ILB Rescue off Southwold SHORTLY before 10 a.m. on 6th February, 1972, Mr. Patrick Pile, a member of the Southwold inshore life-boat crew, walked to the end of the harbour mouth. The wind was east south east, force 6, and gusting...
Hans Hoth (1)
Tynemouth, and Culler-coats, Northumberland.
—At 11.43 in the morning of the 9th of February, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Hans Hoth, of Hamburg, of 370 tons, with a crew of nine, had wirelessed...
Past and Present
50 years ago LIFE-BOAT BULLETIN No.24 1946 A year of peace In the twelve months from the end of the war in Europe on 8 May 1945, life-boats rescued 677 lives.
That is an average of 56 lives a month and is only 50 lives less...
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