LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thorne
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—Early on the morning of the 25th January, the barque Thorne, of and from Liverpool, bound for Adelaide with a general cargo, which had been riding out the gale in the bay for two or three days, showed signals of...
Christine Elisabeth
HARWICH.—At about 10 A.M. on the 13th November the steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland was called out and proceeded with the Reserve No. 3 Lifeboat in tow to the upper part of the Long Sand, where the three-masted schooner Christine...
The Motor Fishing Coble Hilda
Scarborough, and Filey, Yorkshire.—At 6.10 in the evening of the 17th of January, 1949, the Scarborough coast- guard reported to the life-boat station that anxiety was felt for the safety of the local motor fishing coble Hilda which had left...
Cumbria
EXHAUSTED MEN RESCUED FROM PILOT BOAT Kirkcudbright. At 10.15 on the morning of the 21st June, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a pilot boat returning to Workington from Girvan after an overhaul was long overdue and...
The Haisbro' Lightvessel
Cromer, Norfolk. At 8.23 on the morn- ing of the 16th of February, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a vessel had collided with the Haisbro' lightvessel, which was sinking. At 8.32, when the No. 1 life- boat...
Golden Oriole
Campbeltown, Argyllshire - At 10.26 p.m. on 12th January, 1968, the motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that he had intercepted a radio message from the motor fishing vessel Golden Oriole reporting that she was in difficulties...
A Water-Logged Empty Boat
SEPTEMBER 24TH. - MARGATE, KENT.
At 12.2 in the morning the coastguard reported that cries for help could be heard off the coastguard lookout. A fresh westerly breeze was blowing, with a choppy sea. The motor life-boat The...
Stormy Stan's Sea Tales
There are around 2().(XH) members of Slonn Force, the RNLl's club for the under 16s. The club's exclusive magazine. Storm Force News, is full of exciting competitions, puzzles, salty sea talcs, jokes and cartoons - it also lends...
Category: Articles
H.M.S. Witherington (1)
APRIL 29TH. - CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND SUNDERLAND, DURHAM. At 11.3 at night a message was received at Cullercoats from the Blyth coastguard that a destroyer was in need of help at the entrance to the Tyne. A strong westnorth- west...
Fishing Boats
Cromer, Norfolk.—On the morning of the 6th of February, 1950, after the local boats had left for the fishing grounds sixteen miles south-east of Cromer, there were indications of a north-easterly gale approaching. It was decided, therefore,...