LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Soldier Prince
HOTLAKE, CHESHIRE, and FORMBY, LANCASHIRE.—On the afternoon of the 18th August the steamer Soldier Prince, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, belonging to the Prince Line and bound to Manchester, stranded on the Askew Spit. There was a strong N.W. breeze...
H.M.S. Valorous
JULY 15TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At about 6 P.M.
a message was received from the naval authorities at Great Yarmouth that a destroyer, H.M.S. Valorous, was approaching the roadstead. On board were...
Ceres
BERWICK-ON-TWEED.—The barque Ceres, of Eonne, bound from Cronstadt for Berwick with a cargo of battens, in trying to enter the harbour, on the evening of the 24th August, struck on the bar and was driven by the heavy seas on Spittal Beach,...
Gothic
Whilst the crew of the Life-boat J. C. Madge were assembling for an exercise launch on the 6th January, several vessels were seen running for shelter, as a strong westerly gale with heavy squalls was blowing. One of them, which proved to be...
Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P.
Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P.
By the death of Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P., of Newcastle, on 9th November last, the Institution has lost an old and valued supporter. For many years he was closely...
Category: Obituaries
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 30th of Decem- ber, 1959, the life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2 was launched to take pro- visions to the light-keepers on Chicken Rock lighthouse, who had been cut off for nearly...
Commander Nasmith
Longhope, Orkneys.—At 10 P.M. on the 7th September, 1989, the life-boat station was informed by the coastguard that the steam trawler Commander Nasmith was ashore on the north sideof Stroma. A later message said that the vessel was ashore on...
People and Places
Last bowman Ronald Chapman has been promoted to Second Coxswain of Skegness lifeboat.
This means that the historic position of bowman will no longer exist within the RNLI as he was the last lifeboatman to hold the post.<...
Category: Articles
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Peace and Angostura
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—On the evening of the 2nd February, signals of distress were seen from a vessel in the direction of the Barber Sand. The Caister No. 2 Life-boat Godsend promptly proceeded to the Sand and found the smack Peace, of Lowestoft...