LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Cockle Light Vessel
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 6.35 P.M. on the llth March the coastguard reported that rockets had been fired by the Cockle light-vessel. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with a very heavy sea. At 7.30 P.M....
Valkyrie II
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 12.15 P.M. on the 17th August, 1938, the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was flying a signal about one and a half miles N.W. from Kinnaird Head.
A strong north-westerly breeze was...
Satyr
Dover, Kent. At 3.7 on the morning of the 30th of April, 1959, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht needed help four miles east- south-east of Folkestone pier. The coaster Clarity was standing by the yacht, and at...
The S.S. Cairnavon
Teesmouth, Yorkshire. At six o'clock on the morning of the 4th of September.
1959, the honorary secretary received a message from the lighthouse-keeper at South Gare that a vessel had gone ashore in the River Tees....
The Converted Ship's Life-Boat Blue Peter
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 11.15 a.m. on 7th December, 1969, report was received that a motor boat with engine trouble had anchored to the north west of the harbour entrance. At 11.30 the boat was seen to fire a distress flare. The...
An Aluminium Tub
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin - At 8.30 p.m. on 20th April, 1968, the Dun Laoghaire lighthouse keeper told the honorary secretary that a man who had set out for Holyheadin an aluminium tub was in difficulties one cable east of the east pier...
Ducking and Diving
Earlier this year, the people of Portstewart, Northern Ireland, celebrated St Patrick's day with their annual sponsored Duck Dive. Participants jumped or dived into a nearby intertidal basin, many of them wearing fancy dress. The event,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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JUNE 6TH. - TYNEMOUTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 5.32 P.M. the South Shields coastguard reported that three boys were marooned on rocks. The tide was half flood, and the weather fine, with a slight sea.
A motor...
Stephen Harding, of Caldy Island
FEBRUARY 23RD. - TENBY, PEMBROKESHIRE.
While the motor boat Stephen Harding, of Caldy Island, was crossing to the mainland, she had trouble with her propeller shaft and had to anchor about a mile and a half south-west of...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To DAVID ANDERSON, on his retirement, after serving 8J years as Bowman and 23 years as Coxswain at Montrose, a Certificate of Service and a Pension.
To THOMAS LEADBETTER, on his retirement, after serving 14 years as Bowman...
Category: Awards