LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Meg
APRIL 25TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
The rowing boat Meg, with no one on board, anchored in Llandudno Bay, was in danger of sinking during a strong southerly gale, with a rough sea. Three men put out in the small...
Ocean Star
Valentia, and Fenit, Co. Kerry.—At 4.30 in the morning, on the 1st of August, 1950, the Valentia life-boat authorities received a telephone message from the Dingle Civic Guard. The local motor fishing vessel Ocean Star, with a crew of two,...
Pensions for Widows and Orphans
As our readers are aware, it has been the practice of the Institution, from its earliest days, to make substantial grants to the widows and children of the gallant men who have lost their lives "on active service" in the cause of...
Category: Articles
Auspicity
Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 8.58 on the morning of the 28th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred between a tanker and a trawler off Point of Ayre. The tanker Auspicity of London had been...
Nicolinda
Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 11.25 on the night of the 13th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a message had been received from the Norwegian tanker Sagona that red flares had been seen east of the West Sunk...
Sennen Cove Naming Ceremony. The Legacy of Mr. Charles Carr Ashley
THE new Sennen Cove life-boat is a gift to the Life-boat Service from one of its most generous benefactors, the late Mr. Charles Carr Ashley, who died at Mentone in 1906. He bequeathed his estate to the Institution, subject to a number of...
Category: Inaugurations
Maria Jane
PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. — The lugger Maria Jane, of Peel, left the harbour at about 4 p.m., on the 26th March, for mackerel fishing off the coast of Ireland.
A strong breeze was then blowing from N.N.W. and the sea was rough....
Lady Bessie
The steamer Lady Bessie, of Aberdeen, whilst on her way to Peterhead, stranded in the South Bay on the evening of the 13th January. A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was rough. In response to a telephone message re- porting the...
Ardente
— The Life - boat Frien Walch was launched in a heavy S.E. gale on the afternoon of the llth December to a French schooner, which was dragging her anchor and drifting ashore in Weymouth Bay. A tug endeavoured to tow the Life-boat to the...
Alarm, of Belfast
On the 23rd March, the ship Alarm, of Belfast, was driven into Ballycotton Bay, during a strong gale of wind, and came to anchor under shelter of the island. As the gale increased, however, she dragged her anchors and drifted towards the...