LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Cambria
CAISTER, NORFOLK, AND SUFFOLK. — On the 14th May at 3 A.M. the watchmen saw the flash and heard the report of a gun fired at sea N. of the Cross Sand. A strong breeze was blowing from the N., the sea was moderate, but afterwards became rough...
The S.S. Glendarroch
BARMOUTH AND PWLLHELI.—On the 15th March a vessel was reported ashore on St. Patrick's Causeway, while a strong breeze was blowing from the W.S.W. with a heavy sea. The Barmouth Life-boat Jones Gibb was launched at 9 A.M. and boarded the...
Ard Carna (3)
Overdue THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND motor fishing vessel Ard Carna put out from Greencastle, Lough Foyle, on Thursday April 28 to fish white fish. She had a crew of five and was expected back on the Friday or Saturday. At 2200 on Saturday April...
Dangerous Approach to Yacht Aground
ON the morning of the 21st July, 1962, Coxswain Harold Parkinson of Lytham- St. Anne's was told at 10.15 that a yacht was aground on the north side of the Ribble channel about two and a half miles offshore. He immediately told the...
Category: Services
Six Saved from Fishing Vessel
FOR the rescue of six people from a motor fishing boat on the 21st February, 1968, Coxswain George Jappy of Buckie has been awarded the Institution's bronze medal for gallantry.
At 12.40 a.m. on that day, the Buckie...
Category: Services
Salcombe's Successful Disasters
The RNLI is working nationally with many safety-related bodies to promote safety at sea, but the Island Cruising Club and its local lifeboat station are already working well together...
Richard Johnstone-Bryden reports from...
Category: Articles
Soap and water
When he’s not in the middle of an East End drama, lifelong RNLI supporter Steve McFadden heads west for coastal adventure
What does a soap star treat himself to on his 50th birthday? The latest...
Category: Articles
Best Wreck Service of the Year
The Hartland (Devon) life-saving apparatus company has been awarded the Minister of Transport's shield for the best wreck service for the year 1962- 1963. The award has been made for the rescue of the crew of seven of the Royal Fleet...
Category: Awards
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-carriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Nearly every Life-boat, except a few of the larger sizes, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for...
Category: Articles
Fraserburgh
A DEPLORABLE accident, which resulted in the loss of two lives, occurred at Fraserburgh, on the 28th April. The Admiralty drifter Eminent, which left Buryhead the previous night, bound for Fraserburgh to be " demobilised," had an...
Category: Articles