LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Large Pontoon
FEBRUARY 4TH. - DUNMORE EAST, CO. WATERFORD. A large pontoon was drifting south-east of Hook, but no one was on board. - Rewards, £5 16s. 6d.
The Curlew
AN INEXPERIENCED CREW Stromness, Orkneys.—At midnight on the 15th of July, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned that the motor boat Curlew, of Kirkwall, had left Rousay at about nine o'clock for Kirk- wall but that nothing had been...
Louise
About 8 o'clock on the evening of the 16th May a boat was noticed on the north side of Aberdovey bar, riding in a most dangerous position with a moderate gale blowing from N.W. As the boat was in immediate danger the Life - boat William...
Fluid Compasses
ITS our last January Number we gave a short account and illustration of the Boat's Fluid Compass, adopted by this Institution, and in this Number we insert an interesting paper on the " Mariner's Compass," with which we...
Category: Articles
Argo
GORLESTON.—Signal-guns having been fired by the light-vessels, the Life-boat Mark Lane put off at 6.35 A.M. on the 7th February, in a rough sea and a strong N. by E. breeze, and found the brigantine Argo, of Marstal, bound from Fowey for...
Eclipse
PETERHEAD.—On the 28th March considerable anxiety was felt as to the safety of several fishing boats which had not returned, a whole gale having sprung up from E.N.E. accompanied by a tremendous sea. At 11 A.M. the Life-boat George Pickard...
Rescue In Thick Fog Off the Orkneys
THE first news that the steam trawler Leicester City, of Grimsby, was in dis- tress to reach a life-boat station came in the form of a message from the Wick coastguard to the Thurso, Caithness-shire, honorary...
Category: Services
Harvella
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 27th of May, 1-957, Valentia radio reported that, the tanker Harvella, of London, needed the help of the life-boat to land a very sick seaman. The tanker was due to arrive off...
A Trawler (1)
Horrific conditions for two lifeboats Clogher Head and Newcastle 's Mersey class lifeboats were launched in winds of Storm Force 10 to Hurricane Force 12 on 3 February 1994 when an 80ft trawler reported that she was taking water and...
Inaugural Ceremonies: Wales
THE Inaugural Ceremony of the new Motor Life-boat at Moelfre, Anglesey, took place on 17th July, with Commo- dore Sir Richard Henry Williams- Bulkeley, Bt., K.C.B., R.N.R., Lord Lieutenant of Anglesey and a Vice- President of the Institution...
Category: Inaugurations