LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dobell
— At 5.30 P.M. on 25th September it was reported to the Honorary Secretary that the little fishing smack Dobell, of Carnarvon, was out in Barmouth Bay and was making for port, the weather having suddenly become squally and boisterous, and...
Fiona
The sailing yacht Fiona, of Glasgow, when | out cruising near Coquet Island on the llth May, missed stays and stranded on the ' Coquet Steel.' A strong W. gale was blowing and the Life-boat Mary Andrew was launched to assist her. The...
Orion
On the 15th February, at 6 P.M., the No. 2 Life-boat, the Godsend, proceeded to the barque Orion, which had stranded on the south side of the North Scroby Sand.
A fresh S. by E. breeze was blowing at the time, the weather...
A New Fish Quay Development Was the Catalyst for Tynemouth's New Facilities
A new fish quay development was the catalyst for Tynemouth's new facilities. The derelict East Jetty was repiled and re-decked to provide this boathouse and davit for the D class and an afloat berth for the all-weather... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Flamborough
FLAMBOROUGH, Sunday May 12,1985: Flamborough's 37ft Oakley class lifeboat, Will and Fanny Kirby, launched at 1207. The Filey fishing coble, Gaidan, had been crabbing close in under the cliffs, north of Flamborough Head. The weather was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Canoes
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 7.25 on the evening of the 30th of July, 1950, the coastguard reported a message from the East Goodwin Lightvessel. Two exhausted canoeists were aboard, and they wanted the life-boat to land...
Caprice
Lee shore FOLLOWING A MESSAGE from HM Coastguard to the honorary secretary of Lowestoft lifeboat station at 1853 on Sunday, July 18, that a longshore boat was flying a distress signal close to a lee shore between Covehithe and Benacre Ness,...
A Fishing Boat
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—At 12.50 on the afternoon of the 9th of July, 1957, the police reported that a fishing boat appeared to be in difficulties off Llwgngwril. The boat was kept under observation from the coastguard look- out by the...
March (1)
ILFRACOMBE, DEVON. At 3.30 in the afternoon of the 18th of November, 1945, a man was cut off by the tide at Hele Bay, Ilfracombe. A marine told 73-year-old Mr.
C. Galliver, and the two men put out in a rowing boat. A fresh...
Category: Services
Ashore Near Plymouth
The S.S. " Umberleigh," of London, ashore at Bovisand Bay on 20th September last. The Plymouth Motor Life-boat, which stood by in a whole gale and landed eighteen of the crew, can be seen on the left of the steamer.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs