LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hugin
JULY 26TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 1.56 in the afternoon a message came from the coastguard that a vessel was aground on South Scroby Sands, two and a half miles from Yarmouth. The north-north-east wind was light, but the...
A Halifax Aeroplane
MARCH 26TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
At 11.30 at night, the life-boat honorary secretary received a telephone message from the R.A.F. at St. David’s that a Halifax aeroplane was down in the sea several miles west by...
A German Trawler
The following account of a service by the Helvick Head, Co. Waterford, life- boat on the 17th of December, 1959, was received too late for inclusion in the March, 1960, number of the Life- boat.
At 5.30 in the evening the...
Marie and Therese
Atnoonon2istAugust, 1966, the French fishing vessel Marie and Therese was stated to have broken down about 30 miles north by west of Strumble Head. There was a fresh north north easterly breeze with a choppy sea. It was one hour after low...
St. Pierre Eglise
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 10.-12 on the night of the 24th of March, 1953, the Ramsey coastguard rang up to say that a vessel south of Douglas Head was blowing short blasts on its siren, and at eleven o'clock the Douglas Head Lighthouse...
Faithful II and Sovereign and a Trinity House Tender (1)
Holy Island, and North Sunderland, Northumberland. — At 5.22 on the evening of the 5th of March, 1952, the Holy Island coastguard re- ported to the Holy Island life-boat station a message received from the North Sunderland life-boat station...
A Yacht
TWO LIFE-BOATS IN SEARCH FOR YACHT Torbay, Devon. On the 27th September, 1962, an exercise with the Torbay life-boat Princess Alexandra of Kent had been arranged for seven o'clock in the evening, but at 6.41 the coastguard informed the...
Vivienne Whiteright (Left In Picture) Is a Primary School Teacher Mandy Clarke (Centre) Is a Sales Consultant and Phillipn Lewis (Right) Is a Potter
In complete contrast to the usual image of the be whiskered sea-dog lifeboat man Little and Broad Haven's D class inflatable now has three young ladies in their twenties as part of the crew.
AH three joined the crew of... - View image in PDF
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Blue Jacket, of Newcastle
Soon after the life-boat had returned, another vessel, the schooner Blue Jacket, of Newcastle, was seen endeavouring to ride out the storm, which, however, she did not succeed in doing, as she soon drove on shore. The life-boat was again...
President names first Irish Tamar
President Mary McAleese named Ireland’s first Tamar class lifeboat at Kilmore Quay on 15 June.
The lifeboat was named Killarney, and was funded with the legacy of Mrs Mary Weeks from Surrey, who died...
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