LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prosperity
THE WHTTBY FISHING BOATS AGAIN Whitby, Yorkshire.—In the early morning of the 30th of April, 1947, several fishing boats put out to move their crab-pots into deep water as stormy weather was pending. About 10.30 two of the boats were seen ...
Liban
PORTHCAWL, SOUTH WALES,—At about 7 A.M. on the 29th March, a boat containing the captain and three of the crew of the steamer Liban, of Nantes, landed at Porthcawl, and reported that their vessel had stranded on the Tuskar rocks,during a...
Special Gifts
* Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary." IN the issue of The Lifeboat for last November, under " Special Gifts," appeared the following paragraph : " We give the following letter in full: " ' Mummy gave me a stamp to put...
Category: Donations
L–R: Kieran, Martin, Paul And Trainer Bernie Try To Keep In Mind The Six Ps
L–R: Kieran, Martin, Paul and trainer Bernie try to keep in mind the six Ps Photo: Anne Millman. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.—At six o'clock on the evening of the llth of October, 1953, a doctor asked if the life-boat would take a sick man from Barra to South Uist, as the air ambu- lance could not land because of tidal conditions....
Victoria and Atomic Star
HELPLESS IN A HEAVY SEA Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 6.40 in the evening of the 22nd of September, 1947, the fishing boat Victoria was seen approaching harbour with the seine-net motor fishing boat Atomic Star in...
A Yacht (2)
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 10.45 on th? night of the 21st of September, 1957, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had left Cairnryan that afternoon for Ballantrae but had not arrived, and anxiety was felt for her. The...
Twins
GIRVAN.—On the forenoon of the 6th February the wind commenced, to blow very strongly with blinding showers of snow. Several fishing-boats returned, but six of them were missing and as it was thought that the snowstorm had prevented their...
Guiding Star
HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND. — The Life-boat Algernon and Eleanor was launched at 1 P.M., on the 15th April, and stood by the fishing coble Guiding Star, of Hauxley, which had been overtaken by a very heavy sea. The other boats had landed, the...
Olbers
At 6.45 P.M. on the 1st April a telephone message was received from the Coast- guard stating that a vessel was ashore at Scotston Head. Coxswain James Cameron of the No. 2 Life - boat Alexander Tulloch started for the scene j of the wreck,...