LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Aberdovey, Gwynedd June 9, 10, 19, 22, 26, July 3, 6, 7, 10, 13 (twice), 21, 27, 28, August 9, 10, 12 (twice), 13, 17, 20 (twice), 26, 28 and 30.

Abersoch, Gwynedd June 10, 26, July 1,10,12 (twice), 14,15,18, 21, 27, August...

FEBRUARY 2 8TH. - THE MUMBLES, GLAMORGANSHIRE. At 10.56 in the morning the coastguard reported that the motor vessel Cubenda, of London, with a crew of twelve, had struck a mine about two and a half miles east of Mumbles Head, and the motor...

LONG SEARCH IN A FOG Margate, Kent.—At 9.32 on the night of the 12th of October, 1947, the coast- guard reported that a boy who had gone fishing in a dinghy off the Ness at 8 o'clock that morning, had not been seen since. The motor...

DEC. 13TH. - BLYTH, AND TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. An Admiralty drifter had been blown up by enemy action, but Blyth life-boat could find no survivors.

She was then directed to a position where...

DR NORA ACHESON who died in Aideburgh in 1981, in her eightieth year, had always been connected with the local lifeboat. It was thought that she was the first lady doctor ever to have gone to sea in an RNLI lifeboat on service when she stood...

At daylight on the 19th October, a large brig was seen to be ashore on the West Sands off this place, with a signal of distress flying in the main rigging. The weather was terrific, a gale of wind blowing from the north, and bringing in a...

FEBRUARY 4TH. - ABERDEEN. A vessel had been heard sounding her siren continuously, but she could not be found in the darkness, and at daylight she got into port unaided. - Rewards, £13 11s. 6d..

OCTOBER 17TH. - BRIDLINGTON, YORKSHIRE. At eight at night the coastguard reported that a man who had gone out fishing in a small rowing boat at one o’clock had not returned. There was thick fog. A light westerly wind was blowing and the sea...