LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Brightside, of Dundee
SEPTEMBER. 20TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 5.5 in the afternoon Lloyd’s agent asked, through the coastguard, if the life-boat could take out food to the S.S.
Brightside, of Dundee. A south-south-west breeze...
The Motor Boat, Celia
NOVEMBER 23RD. - ST. PETER PORT, GUERNSEY. At 7.10 at night a message was received from the signal station that anxiety was felt for the life-boat coxswain, who, with the bowman and five others, had left for Jethou at 12.20 that afternoon in...
The S.S. Domala and Jonge Willem
MARCH 2ND. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX.
At 5 P.M. the naval authorities reported that the S.S. Domala had been bombed by eriemy aircraft in the Channel, and that the Dutch steamer Jonge Willem was off Newhaven, with survivors on...
The S.S.. Hilda
AUG. 2 9TH. - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE. At 3.10 A.M . the coastguard reported a vessel ashore on May Island. The weather was very thick, with a light easterly breeze and a smooth sea. The motor life.
boat Nellie and Charlie...
Our Laddie
MAY 28TH. - WALTON AND FRINTON, ESSEX. At 5.15 A.M. a message was received from Gunfleet Lighthouse through the coastguard that a vessel had gone aground on the Gunfleet Sands. A moderate N.N.W. breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. The...
Dolphin
JULY 23RD. - BEAUMARIS, ANGLESEY.
While on passage from the Clyde to Littlehampton, the yacht Dolphin was storm-bound off Penmon Point. She was storm-bound for two days and her crew of two were short of food and water. As...
Greystone and Lady Connaught
DECEMBER 27TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 1.10 A.M. the Hoylake coastguard reported that a vessel had been mined ten miles N.W. of the Bar Lightvessel, and the No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston put out. There was a light...
S.S. Laird’s Castle, Iago and Mr. Linthorst Homan
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. At 6.55 A.M. the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that the S.S.. Laird’s Castle, of Glasgow, had been in collision. Her position was given as about one mile west of Sanda Island. A moderate S....
Life-Boat Calendar and Christmas Card
THE life-boat Christmas Card and Calendar will have reproduced on them in colour the picture shown above. It depicts a life-boat rescue on the dreaded Goodwin Sands. The paint- ing is one of two presented to the Institution some years ago by...
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Another Wrist Watch Awarded to Boy
About 11.40 on the morning of the 31st July, 1962, an 11-foot dinghy capsized about a mile north-west of St.
Helens fort off Bembridge in the Isle of Wight. There were three people aboard, a Mr. Gleave and his eleven-...
Category: Awards