LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
R. W. Jackson, Tranquil and Martha Dryden
WHITBY.—On the 21st February, at about 5.30 P.M., while a gale was blowing from N.W.,with a rough sea, thick weather and snow, four fishing-cobles which had put into the bay on the previous evening were returning to the harbour. It was seen...
Fishing Boats
Arbroath, Angus.—On the morning of the 23rd of November, 1953, local fishing boats put to sea, but at 11.30 the coastguard reported that condi- tions at the harbour bar were danger- ous. At 11.45 the life-boat Howard D., on temporary duty at...
Hansy
At about 3 o'clock on the 3rd November the Norwegian ship Hansy, of about 1,500 tons, bound for Sydney with a cargo of timber, was wrecked at Penolver, owing to a south-west gale and heavy sea.
The coastguard with the...
Louie Marguarita, of Dunkirk
Walmer, Kent.—At 7 A.M. on the 20th September the Deal coastguard reported a vessel ashore on the sands two miles W.N.W. of East Goodwin light-vessel. She was the French trawler Louie Marguarita, of Dunkirk, with a crew of seven on board. A...
Index to Advertisers
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Category: Index
The Fishin Boat Aurora
PETERHEAD.—It was reported at o'clock on the morning of the 24th September that a vessel was on the rocks at Scotstown Head, about six miles to the N. of Peterhead. A thick mist prevailed at the time, and as a strong breeze was blowing...
Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas
The following retired coxswains have died: Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas served continuously in life-boats from 1919 until his retirement in March, 1967, the last 1 years as coxswain of the Sennen Cove, Cornwall, lifeboat.
Mr...
Category: Obituaries
Ex-Coxswain John Matthews
The following retired coxswains have died: Ex-Coxswain Henry Nicholas served continuously in life-boats from 1919 until his retirement in March, 1967, the last 1 years as coxswain of the Sennen Cove, Cornwall, lifeboat.
Mr...
Category: Obituaries
Bonnie Lass
PLEASURE BOAT RUNS AGROUND Ballycotton, Co. Cork. The life-boat coxswain was fishing in his motor boat Star of the Sea a quarter of a mile southwest of Ballycotton lighthouse on the morning of Thursday the 8th of August, 1963, when he saw...
A Naval Patrol Drifter (1)
NOVEMBER 21ST. - CLACTON - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 3.55 P.M. information was received from the naval base at Brightling sea that a ship had blown up. A light westerly wind was blowing, with a slight swell. The motor life-boat Edward Z.<...