LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dyrhaug
Lerwick, Shetlands. At 9.42 on the evening of the 16th of April, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a man living in Lerwick had heard on his radio a Norwegian motor fishing vessel asking for help as she was ashore on...
A Barge
FEBRUARY 3RD. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. A barge was reported to have sunk in the Mersey, and her crew of two were reported adrift on a raft, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £7 3s..
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JUNE 27TH. - WELLS, NORFOLK. A rubber dinghy had been reported drifting, but only a target, thought to have been mistaken for the dinghy, was found.- Rewards, £12 9s. 3d..
The American Steamer Bessemer City, of New York
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At midnight on the lst-2nd November the coastguard reported a vessel ashore west of St.
Ives. She was the American steamer Bessemer City, of New York, bound from Liverpool for London with a general cargo...
Sailing Dinghies
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire - At 12.50 p.m. on 21st September, 1969, the local sailing club requested assistance for the club's guard boats in a race in which several sailing dinghies had capsized in squally weather off Little Orme's...
A Motor Boat (2)
Torbay, Devon. At 4.55 on the after- noon of the 15th of September, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a woman living near Thatcher Rock, Torquay, had seen a motor boat capsize. Her crew of three were reported to be...
Erica
FOUND EMPTY DINGHY Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. At 12.23 a.m. on 8th February, 1964, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Brighton police had seen two youths in a small dinghy drifting about a quarter of a mile off shore. No...
Sam Baxter
5am Baxter, president of Morecambe station branch, helps with a draw at Morecambe Yacht Club which raised more than £1,000 for the lifeboats. Ho/ding one of the prizes is the raffle promoter, Mrs Jean Kilpatrick. photograph by courtesy... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
From Left to Right: Mr. John Lodge, Tamasine, Mrs. Pam Bull, Mr. John Bull, Coxswain Charles Bolingbroke and Mr. Harry Platt.
From left to right: Mr. - View image in PDF
John Lodge, Tamasine, Mrs. Pam Bull, Mr. John Bull, Coxswain Charles Bolingbroke and Mr. - View image in PDF
Harry Platt.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Pinnace
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 8 a.m. on 30th September, 1969, it was learnt that the cabin cruiser Pinnace had broken down off the Morecambe bay lightvessel and required assistance.
At 9.7 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was...