LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The South Rock Lightvessel
From South Rock COASTGUARD ORLOCH informed Cloughey/ Portavogie lifeboat station at 1135 on Monday, February 2, that the captain of South Rock Lightvessel had had a heart attack. As it proved impossible to get a doctor to the harbour quickly...
Mr. John Foster of Whitby
THERE are few in the history of the Institution who have a longer record of service than Mr. John W. Foster, of Whitby, who retired at the end of last September. He had then been secretary of the Whitby life-boat station for 44 years. He was...
Category: Articles
Justice
MARGATE, KENT.—At 6.45 A.M. on the 15th March, while a strong gale was blowing from N.W. and a rough sea was running, information was given by the Coastguard that a vessel was on the N.W. part of Margate Sand. The Life-boat Civil Service No....
The Mail Steamer Lochearn
NOVEMBER 22ND. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. During the morning the mail steamer Lochearn, of Oban, arrived in Castlebay harbour. A southerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and the steamer was unable to make the pier. She had to anchor in...
Maxwell
The full-rigged ship Maxwell, 1,800 tons, of Liverpool, left that port on the morning of the 19th July, bound for San Francisco with a cargo of coal. She was towed by the steam-tug Great Western and, on arriving near the North-West...
The S.S. Furguslie
At 8.10 A.M.
on the 16th June the Coastguard re- ported that a steamer was ashore on the south beach. The crew of the No. 2 Life-boat Leicester were assembled and the boat launched. As quickly as possible she proceeded to...
Life-Boot Launches on Service During the Months March, April and May, 1971
Aldeburgh, Suffolk Arbroath, Angus Arklow, Wicklow Ballycotton, Co. Cork Barmouth, Merionethshire Barry Dock, Glamorganshire Beaumaris, Anglesey Bembridge, Isle of Wight Blackpool, Lancashire Bridlington, Yorkshire Broughty Ferry, Angus...
Category: Services
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To W. J. HANNANT, on his retirement on the closing of the Station, after serving 11 years as Bowman of the Hasborough Life-boat, a Pension.
To CHARLES H. HARVEY, on his retirement on the closing of the Station, after...
Category: Awards
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LIFE-BOATS USED BECAUSE ROADS WERE BLOCKED Lerwick, Shetlands.—Just after 10.0 in the morning of February 27th, 1947, when all roads were completely blocked by snow, information was received from the Gilbert Bain Hospital that a girl...
Petrel
BARMOUTH.—A small pleasure yacht, the Petrel, left Barmouth on the morning of the 27th July, with five gentlemen, lady, and two boatmen on board, for Aberystwyth, which was reached about 3.30 P.M., after a rough passage, however, part of the...