LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Toby
LOST RUDDER Southend-on-Sea, Essex. At 6.16 p.m. on 8th May, 1965, a small cabin cruiser was reported to be in difficulties off Canvey point. At 6.35 the life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched in a south-westerly...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Lead Us and Provider A
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 3rd of November, 1956, the motor fishing vessels Lead Us and Provider A had put out to the fishing grounds. By the time they were due to return to harbour the weather had deteriorated considerably,...
Boston Seafoam
Isle of Islay, Inner Hebrides - At 10.45 p.m. on 22nd October, 1967, the coastguard informed the honor-ary secretary that red flares had been reported in the area of the island of Scarba. The life-boat Francis...
The American Ship A.Z.
On the 20th October, a large ship was observed to be stranded on the Blackwater Bank, when the Cahore life-boat was again brought into requisition. Before reaching the bank, the ship was observed to have got off and to make sail to the...
An Aeroplane (40)
JULY 14TH. SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. At about 2.22 A.M. the Brighton coast-watching sea scout reported an aero- plane down in the sea two miles south of Saltdean. The sea was smooth, with light north-easterly airs. The motor life-boat Rosa...
Cover Picture
COVER PICTURE Si Abbs' new Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable lifeboat Kathrinc and Dorothy Burr, pictured recently on exercise, will be named Idler this year. She has a/ready attracted considerable public interest as lite principal attraction... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Happy Harry, of Arklow
APRIL 2ND. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
At five o’clock in the morning the naval base telephoned the life-boat station that a small vessel was ashore. A strong southsouth- east wind was blowing, with a nasty swell and heavy rain....
The American Steamer Park Holland, of Portland, Maine
MARCH 25TH. - STORNOWAY, HEBRIDES, CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. At 6.45 in the morning the coastguard reported to the Stornoway life-boat station that a steamer was ashore three-quarters of a mile south of Glas...
Esso Guildford
INJURED MAN LANDED FROM DRIFTING TANKER Wicklow, Co. Wicklow. At 9.45 a.m.
on Sunday the 18th of August, 1963, the honorary secretary was informed that an injured man on board the tanker Esso Guildford, 22 miles east of the...
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MAY 13TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
At 3.40 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that a small vessel was in distress off the South Stack. A squally south-west wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The motor life-boat A.E.D...