LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary Young, of West Hartlepool
.—During a heavy gale from the N.E. on the same day the brig Mary Young, of West Hartle- pool, grounded on the North Gare Sand- bank at the entrance of the Tees, a mile and a half south of Seaton Carew. The Charlotte life-boat at the latter...
Amy II (1)
Ramsgate, Kent. •— At 6.40 on the morning of the 12th of October, 1950, the East Pier Watchman telephoned that the Dutch yacht Amy II, which had left Ramsgate an hour earlier, had burned flares and was apparently aground in Pegwell Bay. At 6...
Seddon
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 9.30 on the night of the 8th of April, 1958, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was reported ashore near Goat Island. The coast- guard confirmed the report at 10.20, saying a trawler was...
Peace
Clacton- on- Sea, Essex.—At 6.10 on the evening of the 7th of July, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that the crew of a yacht were shouting for help south- west of Buxey Sands. At 6.30 the life-boat //. C. J., on temporary duty at the station...
Mikasa
At 1 A.M.
on the Hth January, Coxswain John Crocombe, received a message from the Coast-guard Station stating that inform- ation had been received by telephone to the effect that a vessel was firing signals of distress in...
Lifeboat Services
LIFEBOAT BUMPS OVER SAND TO STRANDED YACHT Four saved from yacht aground in heavy sea and swell A service by the Walton and Frinton lifeboat to a yacht aground with four people on board has earned the coxswain a letter of thanks from the...
Category: Services
An Amazing Grace
This Spring saw the official reopening of the RNLI Grace Darling museum in Northumberland, after years of redevelopment. Was it worth the wait? Carol Waterkeyn pays a visit to find out
In 1938, a museum opened in Bamburgh...
Category: Articles
St. Joseph (1)
Clogher Head, Co. Louth.—At 2.30 in the afternoon, on the 16th of April, 1950, the harbourmaster reported that the motor yacht St. Joseph, of Dro- gheda, with a crew of two, had broken down about two miles north of Port Oriel and was...
A Dinghy (1)
DINGHY TOWED TO HARBOUR Falmouth, Cornwall. At 4.25 on the afternoon of the 30th March, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a dinghy with one man on board appeared to be in difficulties off Shag Rock, St. Anthony Head....
Fishing Cobles
On the 7th May seven of the cobles belonging to Ramborougb. were working their launched and, in tow of a tug, proceeded to the vessel. There was a heavy sea on the Sands, and the Marie Lane lay alongside the steamer from 11...