LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Paragon
NORTH SUNDERLAND.—The Fame lighthouses having signalled a ship in distress on the Knavestone Bock, the Life-boat Thomas Bewick was launched at 2.45 A.M.
on the 12th July, in a moderate W.N.W.
gale and a...
Your shout
Following your feature on lifejacket development (Spring 2012), here's what happened to me in 1971 or so. I was in the Blessington Sailing Club in Co Wicklow. Despite the Finn class boats experiencing such conditions that their event was...
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Galway Bay, Co. Galway.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of February, 1957, the local doctor asked if the life-boat could be launched to take a patient urgently needing hospital treatment to the mainland. At 12.45 the life-boat Mabel...
Fishing Cobles
At about 2 o'clock on the morning of the 6th January three of the fishing cobles belonging to Flamborough put out to sea. About three hours later, when the boats were five miles from home, the N.N.W. wind freshened until it was blowing a...
Thirza
At 6.5 P.M. on the 17th January signals of distress were observed from a vessel on the Barber- Sands during a strong S.W.
breeze and heavy sea. The crew of the No, 1 Life-boat Govent Garden were assembled and the boat...
Faith Star
Whitby, Yorkshire. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 22nd of Novem- ber, 1957, the crew of the fishing boat Faith Star reported on their return from fishing that the sea was breaking on the bar and that conditions were becoming...
Bookshelf
Lifeboat station histories Holy Island Lifeboats by Brian Chandler published by the author at £3.50 For such a small island, only a few hundred yards off the coast of Northumberland, Holy Island has a packed and fascinating history -...
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Lifeboat Classified
LIFEBOAT FOR SALE ON662 RNLB Ernest Dresden Self righting (Ruble) class Stations: Courtan 1917-1925 Port Isaac 1927-1933 Relief Fleet Present condition: Empty hull Rounded end boxes in place Cabin top Two holes cut in hull to remove engines...
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Fishing Boats (2)
Arbroath, Angus—On the morning of the 30th January the bar off the harbour entrance was very unsafe, owing to a very heavy easterly swell.
Eight of the local fishing boats had not returned, and the motor life-boat John and...
Caecilie
During an. easterly gale on the 6th March the schooner Oaecilie of Ham- burg was sighted in the offing and she was kept under observation. It was then 2 P.M. and soon after 3 P.M. she stranded at Seaton Point. With all speed the Coxswain and...