LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rosabelle
The steamer Bosabelle, of Chester, whilst bound from Garston to Waterford on the 7th November, struck a rock when in the vicinity of the Skerries, and stranded outside Cemlyn Point. The Life-boat Charles Henry Ashley was launched to her...
Lifeboat People
Among the awards announced in the Birthday Honours list were: Knighthood David English, Editor in Chief, Associated Newspapers, Editor Daily Mail. Sir David was a member of the Institution's Public Relations Committee from 1977 to...
Category: Articles
The King and the Coxswain
WHEN His Majesty the King was staying for a few days at Londeshorough Park last October, John Owston, the Coxswain superintendent of the Scar- borough Life-boat, was sent for by Lord Londesborough to assist the shooting parties. After the...
Category: Articles
Capacity
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 12.40 in the afternoon of the 31st of March, 1952, the Gorleston coastguard telephoned that the motor vessel Capacity, of London, had anchored off Britannia Pier and wanted to land a man with a...
The Goodwins
OFF the Kentish coast there lie, Sands of treacherous make, Which swallow many a ship, Who luckless get in their wake.
They say that Earl Godwin made, A terrible curse upon Any ship that passed that way, Would come to grief...
Category: Poetry
H.M. Destroyer Whitshed
JUNE 21ST. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 7.20 in the morning the naval authorities, through the coastguard, asked for the services of the lifeboat to land an injured man from a destroyer coming into the roads, and at 7.40 A.M....
A Small Boat
Outboard failed A SMALL BOAT which had fired a hand flare off Crackington Haven was reported to the honorary secretary of Bude lifeboat station by Hartland Coastguard at 1500 on Saturday May 29. Maroons were fired and at 1505 the D class...
Fair Maid
MFV sinking SKEGNESS LIFEBOAT, the 37ft Oakley Charles Fred Crantham, launched at 1730 on Wednesday October 4, 1978, to go to the help of the fishing boat Fair Maid aground three miles north of the station in a dangerous position. It was a...
The Wherry Daniel Yorke
KAMSET, ISLE OF MAN.— The Two Sisters Life-boat was launched at about 10.45 A.M. on the 31st October, signals of distress having been shown by a wherry which was riding heavily about three miles N.E. of the harbour during a whole gale from...
Service
Early in the morning of the 17th September during a strong gale from N.N.W. with heavy rain squalls, a messenger arrived at Palling and reported that a vessel was ashore about three miles to the north- ward of the station. The crew and...