LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Pleasure Boat
About 12.30 P.M. on the 21st July a pleasure boat containing two men was observed being carried down the river by the ebb tide, and as it appeared probable that she would run on to the Annat Bank the Life-boatmen assembled and pro- ceeded...
Lothian
During a very heavy gale from the S.W. on the same night, signals of distress were shown from the brigantine Lothian, of this port, which had grounded on the Seaton Sea Rocks off the harbour's mouth. The Life-boat Sal- ford put off, but...
Patriot
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—• During the afternoon of the 19th September, 1938, the local motor fishing boat Patriot went to the Blackwater Light-vessel to fetch a man ashore.
As, when she was due to return, a strong...
Aneroid Barometers
Iltestratton of the Fisheriaaa's Aneroid Barometer as issued bj the National Life-boat Institution.
Its Dial or Face, which is enamelled, is five inches in diameter, being half an inch larger tifta the ordinary Mi-sized...
Category: Advertisement
Rosa and Widgeon
Montrose, Angus.—At 9.40 A.M. on the 22nd June, 1939, a strong N.E.
wind was blowing, the sea was rough and the tide ebbing. It was evident that two motor fishing boats, Rosa, and Widgeon, which were out would have great...
None (32)
SEPT. 6TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. An explosion had been reported in the neighbourhood of the Corton Light-vessel, but the life-boat found that the light-vessel itself was all right, and there was no sign of any ship in...
Faro
JANUARY 28TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
The Norwegian steamer Faro, of Oslo, had gone ashore in Tarncliff Bay.
Deerness, but the crew of seven were rescued from the shore by the coastguard life-saving apparatus...
A Rowing Boat
W Moelfre, Anglesey. — On the 2nd August a party of six put out in a rowing boat from Benllech. They lost their oars. The owner of the boat, seeing this, went after them in another boat.
He reached them, and got aboard with...
A Motor Vessel
Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—17th September, 1938. A motor vessel was flying a " not under control " signal, but she was taken in tow by a drifter.
The branch president, Sir Christopher Furness, Bt., went out in the...
A Fishing Boat (5)
JULY 9TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. A fishing boat was overdue, as her engine had broken down, in foggy weather, but she reached the shore under oars while the lifeboat was searching for her. - Rewards, £14 18s. 6d.
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