LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Leader
On the 8th January one of the crew of the ketch Leader, of Bideford, went mad whilst the vessel was lying at anchor in St. Tudwells roads. The master of the ketch, having locked the man in his cabin, came ashore for assistance, but the man...
Marinecall
Look no further than RNLI Marinecall for the latest Met Office weather forecasts don't guess omarinecall Inshore Area Cape Wrath - Rattray Head Rattray Head - Berwick Berwick - Whitby Whitby - The Wash The Wash - North Foreland North...
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Barra Island, Hebrides. At 1.30 early on the morning of the 14th August, 1961, the local doctor asked for the services of the life-boat to take a patient with appendicitis to South Uist hospital. At 1.55 the life-boat...
Scadaun
— On the morning of the 5th August the Lo westof t steam drifter Scadaun was returning to port during a thick fog when she struck a submerged rock outside Castlebay harbour. The motor life-boat Lloyd's was launched at 11.30 A.M. in...
Below: the Public Get a Chance to Look Round
Below: The public get a chance to look round the new station at the open day. - View image in PDF
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Fishing Cobles (2)
Filey, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 2nd January, 1938, the local fishing cobles were caught at sea by bad weather. Some quickly came in, but others were several miles off, and the pulling and sailing life-boat Thomas Masterman Hardy...
Fishing Boats
GOUHDON AND JOHNSHAVBN, KlN- CARDINESHIRE. — A large number of fishing-boats belonging to Gourdon went off to fish on the morning of the 15th April, but had to return on account of the E.S.E. gale which came on...
Greek Ship Aground In Hurricane
AT 9.25 on 25th October, 1967, Valentia radio informed the assistant honorary secretary of the Galway Bay life-boat station that the Greek motor vessel Razani was aground three quarters of a mile east south east of Black Head, Galway Bay....
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A Small Yacht (2)
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man. — 5th September. A small yacht with a crew of three had disappeared while going to Castletown, and no trace of her could be found. One body was picked up by a fishing boat.—Rewards, £7 10s. 6d..
A Boat (2)
JUNE 7TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
Seven soldiers had gone fishing in a small boat. There was a dense fog.
Nothing was found, and it was learned later that the men had been picked up by a trawler. An...