LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Beautiful Star
GREENCASTLE.—On the 26th December, the three-masted schooner Beautiful Star was observed close upon the Ton Bank, showing signals of distress. The Lifeboat Mary Annette went off to her assistance and put 4 of her crew on board the vessel,...
Cleopas
KESSINGLAND, SUFFOLK.—On the 13th January, at 4.15 A.M., the barque Uleopas, of South Shields, bound from Liverpool to South Shields with a cargo of salt, was observed on the Barnard Sand during a S.W. wind and rough sea. In reply to her...
Fanny Bailey
DUNDALK, Co. LOUTH.—On the 19th January, the schooner Fanny Bailey, of Dundalk, bound from Troon to that port with coal and iron, stranded on the bar during a gale from S.E. and heavy sea.
The Stockport Sunday School...
Boree (1)
Cromer and Wells, Norfolk.—On the 26th March the French steamer Boree, of Caen, and the Spanish steamer Aizkarai Mendi, were in collision off East Dudgeon light-vessel. A moderate E.N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The weather...
Fishing Cobles
Newbiggin, Northumberland,—On the morning of the 19th October, 1939, the second coxswain reported that six fishing cobles had not returned from the night fishing. A gentle N.E. breeze was blowing. The sea was moderate, but was growing...
Charles H. Barrett
Charles H. Barrett, M.B.E., hono- rary secretary and treasurer of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund, died on the 26th of August, 1954, at the age of 74. His successor, Mr. C. J.
Quinton, M.B.E., writes: "Since 1938...
Category: Obituaries
Fishing Boats (2)
ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK,—The Life-boat Aldeburgh was launched at 9.45 A.M. on the 20th October to the assistance of three fishing-boats which were making for the shore, and would evidently encounter considerable danger, as a rough sea was...
Fishing Cobles (2)
SCABRBOROUGH.—The Life-boat Queensbury was launched at 1.15 P.M., on the 15th April, and rendered' assistance to several fishing cobles which were in danger in a heavy sea. At 6 o'clock the Life-boat returned to the shore, and her...
Lord Teynham DSO DSC RN
The deaths have occurred of Captain the Lord Teynham, D.S.O., D.S.C., R.N., who served on the Committee of Management for 35 years, and Sir Eric Seal, K.B.E., C.B., also a member of the Committee of Management, who for 17 years was chairman...
Category: Obituaries
Corrections
On page 307 of the December issue of THE LIFE-BOAT the heading, Littlestone-on- Sea, was missed from above the service beginning 'At 2.15 p.m. on llth August, 1967...'.
The New Quay, Cardiganshire, IRB service...
Category: Articles