LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Remembering Rohilla
When Titanic survivor Mary Roberts climbed aboard a hospital steamship in October 1914, she hoped for a relatively straightforward passage to France. But what happened next put over 200 lives in danger – and made history...
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A Rowing Boat and A Sailing Dinghy
APRIL 29TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
At 5.45 in the evening a message was received from the Bailey Lighthouse that a boat had capsized between Poolbeg Light and Dun Laoghaire harbour. A strong and squally north-north-west wind...
Fishing Boats (2)
On the 21st February a heavy sea sprung up while fishing-boats were out, and timely assistance was rendered to them by the Life-boats Ephraim and Hannah Fox, stationed at Robin Hood's Bay; the Co-operator No. 1, of Cullercoats; and the...
Up Spirits
Weather deteriorated ON THE EVENING of Wednesday, September 8, 1976, the yacht Up Spirits anchored in New Quay Bay. Her owner and one member of the crew remained on board while the other slept ashore.
During the night the...
Clifton
RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY.—About 1 A.M.
on the 3rd January, the barque Clifton, of Liverpool, was wrecked on Rhosneigir rocks. It being then moderately smooth, the crew remained by the ship in the hope of floating her off; but...
Georgina and Northern Star
COBLES IN DANGER Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 1.43 p.m. on I3th January, 1965, the coxswain telephoned the honorary secretary that two local fishing cobles were at sea, and as a sudden gale had sprung up from the south-south-east and the...
Yacht Leigh Hall
Walmer, Kent.—At 5.18 A.M. on the 18th January, 1939, a message was received from the Deal coastguard that flares had been seen about six miles south-east from Ramsgate. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea and squalls of rain....
"Launch!" An Appreciation of General Seely's Book
I AM sure that readers who are not attracted by a tale of perils at sea in open boats will find much to surprise and hearten them in General Seely's " Launch ! " It is an animating book, for it has implications which involve...
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Jenny
Beam trawler ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1977, at 2132, the 23-ton beam trawler Jenny reported on Channel 16 VHP that she was in difficulty and unable to manoeuvre in heavy weather some eight miles south south east of Nab...
Les Imp
Plymouth, South Devon At 1.8 p.m. on loth November, 1966, news was received that a fishing boat was on fire near the wreck in Whitesand Bay and two or three people appeared to be in a dinghy.
The life-boat Lloyd's, on...