LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Ship’s Boat (5)
DECEMBER 25TH. - MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.
At 11.50 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a boat could be seen drifting about 3 miles N.E. of the coastguard station. A moderate easterly wind was blowing, with a...
Having a Ball
Having a ball The Royal Solent Yacht club held its annual charity auction and regatta on 29 and 30 May - raising a whopping £15,480 for RNLI funds.
The weekend event which also included a ball, a barbecue lunch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Vessel (1)
FEBRUARY 26TH. - TENBY, PEM-BROKESHIRE. A vessel had been reported sinking after being attacked by a German aeroplane, but a passing merchant vessel picked up the crew. - Rewards, £20 4s.
A Fishing Boat (1)
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—12th November.
A fishing boat had fouled her propeller and gone aground, but did not need help.—Rewards, £14 14s..
A Spitfire Aeroplane
MAY 1 ST. - SENNEN COVE, CORNWALL.
A Spitfire aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £6 14s..
A Fishing Boat (9)
OCTOBER 22ND. - SALCOMBE, DEVON.
A fishing boat appeared to be in difficulties, but the life-boat was not needed. - Rewards, £5 14s..
A Fishing Boat
At 1.45 P.M. on the 1st January a signal of distress was shown by two men in a fishing-boat two miles off from land in Llandudno Bay. The men, father and son, had gone out to their fishing lines and were overtaken by a sudden rising of the...
Maid of Loughshinney
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 8.30 on the morning of the 16th of November, 1955, the life-boat coxswain noticed a boat about seven miles to the east heading out to sea. She appeared to have stopped and was seen through a tele- scope to be...
A Steam Trawler
Longhope, Orkney.—-1st November, 1937. A steam trawler had run ashore, but refloated on the flowing tide.— Rewards, £11 13*. 6d..
The Greek Cargo Vessel Stelianos
GREEK VESSEL AGROUND At n.20 p.m. on 6th September, 1964, a message was received over the radiotelephone from Humber radio station that a small vessel, aground half a mile from Spurn Point, was asking for assistance.
The...