LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Rainbow
The schooner Rainbow, of Harwich, bound from Exmouth for Sunderland in ballast, in making for the harbour, with her sails much damaged in a very heavy sea, and a strong N.N.E. wind, at 10.15 P.M. on the 15th December, drifted towards the...
The S.S. Victoria
LONGHOPE, ORKNEY ISLANDS.—The s.s.
Victoria, of Sunderland, 1960 tons, bound from Hamburg for New York with a general cargo, was seen about five miles N.
of Dunnet Head Lighthouse with signals of distress,...
One Man Rescued from Dutch Lighter
Ax 9.14 on the evening of the 7th of December, 1959, the honorary secretary of the Torbay, Devon, life-boat station, Mr. F. W. H. Park, was informed by the coastguard at Berry Head that the Dutch tug Cycloop, which was shelter- ing in Torbay...
Category: Services
H.M. Destroyers G51 and H78 (1)
OCTOBER 17TH. - SEAHAM, DURHAM, AND CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
During the morning the coastguard reported that two vessels were ashore off Whitburn.
A moderate breeze was blowing, with a moderately rough...
Obituary
WE regret to report two serious losses which the Committee of Management have suffered by the death, on the llth September, of Admiral of the Fleet the MARQUESS or MILFORD HAVEN, and, on the 14th August, of Sir EDWARD FEETHAM COAXES, BT.<...
Category: Obituaries
The Life-Boat Transporting-Carriage
The Life-boat transporting-earriage is a very important auxiliary to the boat.
Every Life-boat, except a few of the larger size, is provided with a carriage, on which she is kept in the boat-house ready for immediate...
Category: Articles
A Fishing Boat (1)
FISHING BOAT BURNS FLARES Moelfre, Anglesey. At 8.10 on the evening of Sunday the 15th September, 1963, the coxswain was told by the coastguard and the police that distress flares had been seen three and a half miles south-east of the...
Two New Life-Boats Named
NEW life-boats provided for the stations at Islay (Hebrides) and Penlee (Cornwall) were formally named during the summer. The Islay ceremony took place on the pier at Port Askaig on the 22nd of July, 1960, when Lady Jean Fforde named the new...
Category: Inaugurations
Helen Mary (1)
Appledore, and Clovelly, Devon.—-During the afternoon of the 7th August, 1937, signals were seen coming from a small motor yacht oft Westward Ho, A moderate N.N. W. breeze was blowing, with a smooth to moderate sea. The Appledore motor...
Radieuse
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford, and Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 7.34 on the evening of the llth of May, 1958, the Superintendent of the Irish Coast Life-Saving Service passed on to the acting honorary secretary at Rosslare Harbour a message...