LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William Berry
At 8.45 A.M. on the 15th March, when the wind was blowing a whole gale from S.W., with a very heavy sea running, the schooner William Berry broke from her moorings and commenced to drift to the shore on the opposite side of the bay, which is...
Valchris
Lytham St. Anne's, Lancashire. — At 1.25 in the afternoon of the 29th of June, 1952, a resident telephoned that a motor boat was ashore south-west of St. Anne's Pier. She was pounding in the surf on Salters Bank, half a mile north of...
Britisher
JANUARY 16TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 1.15 P.M. it was reported that a barge, disabled and burning distress flares, was driving towards the Newcome Sands.
A whole N.E. gale was blowing, with a very heavy...
A Flat-Bottomed Punt
St. Peter Port, Guernsey. At 6.35 on the evening of the 30th of November, 1958, the honorary secretary was informed by the signal station of a police report. This was that two men, who had left Lihou Island at four o'clock in a...
Arsene
On the 18th May, shortly after noon, information was received that a vessel was ashore on the Gorton Sands. The crew of the No. 1 Life-boat Mark Lane were im- mediately summoned and the Life-boat launched. On the inner bank, the brigantine...
"The Always Ready."
These verses were written in October of last year before the death of Coxswain Robert Patton, to whom they were dedicated, and before the name of the Runswick life-boat was changed. They are printed here by very kind permission of the author...
Category: Poetry
Margaritta
NEWCASTLE, Co. DOWN.—On the evening of the 26th December a vessel was reported to be ashore in Dundrum Bay.
A very severe gale was raging at the time.
The Life-boat Reigati was promptly launched, and...
Margaret
LYDD, DUNOENESS.—On the evening of the 10th of January, signals of distress were shown by a vessel anchored in the East Bay, Dungeness, during a moderate W.S.W. gale and a rough sea. The David Hulett Life-boat was launched at 6.30 P.M., and...
The Emily and Eva and The Three Brothers
At 12.45 P.M. on the 18th March two of the fishing-cobles belonging to Robin Hood's Bay, named the Emily and Eva and The Three Brothers, which had gone off earlier in the morning to fish, were in danger. Whilst fishing the wind and sea...
Inshore Rescue Boats Services
From October, 1963, to March, 1964, the inshore rescue boats were launched on service four times. The following is the list of services or attempted services: Date 1963 October 5: October 13: 1964 March 15: March 20: Station Whitstable...
Category: Services