LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 12th of February, 1957, an urgent call was received from a doctor that there were two very sick women on Tory Island. At 12.30 the life-boat W. M. Tilson put out in a heavy swell. The...
Amethyst
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.^At 5.45 on the morning of the 20th of January, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the fishing boat Amethyst, of Buckie, which had a crew of nine, had run ashore on Trodday Island at the north end of Skye....
Clare S, Northern Star, Fair Ladies and Press On
Caught out ON THE MORNING of Thursday January 31 a fleet of fishing boats sailed from Hartlepool in comparatively good weather which, however, deteriorated fast. Within an hour, a near gale, force 7, had blown up from the east north east...
On Exercise By Andrew Gould Assistant Public Relations Officer RNLI
IT is THE PRACTICE in the lifeboat service for the divisional inspector of lifeboats to make a formal visit to each of the offshore lifeboat stations in his division once every six months (every three months for ILBs) for the purpose of...
Category: Articles
Sea Lion
The Grimsby trawler Sea Lion, carrying a crew of nine, ran ashore at Dimlington early on the morning of the 2nd April. A gentle N.W. breeze was blowing, but there was a heavy swell on the beach. The pulling and sailing life-boat Docea...
Letters
Ex-lifeboat A photograph appeared in the spring 1984 issue of THE LIFEBOAT of Hartlepool lifeboat towing in three fishing boats, one of which was Sea Spell. I believe Sea Spell, formerly known as Ladybird, to be an ex-RNLI lifeboat.
Category: Correspondence
Desire
TWO LIFE-BOATS IN NIGHT SEARCH Longhope, and Stromness, Orkneys.
At 8.17 on the evening of the 27th May, 1963, the motor mechanic informed the Stromness honorary secretary that the family of a man who had gone out in the...
Eliza Emma
The brig Eliza Emma, of Shoreham.
while entering Hartlepool, at about 7 P.M., on the 14th February, during a moderateS.S.E. gale, accompanied by a very heavy sea, ran ashore on the Beacon Eocks, owing to the thickness of...
Vasa
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 7.50 on the evening of the 23rd May, 1961, the life- boat motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that a motor launch close to the life-boat slipway appeared to be sinking and that her crew had asked for help. A...
A Rubber Dinghy and Happy Despatch
Eastbourne, Sussex. At 9.5 p.m. on 2ist January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Royal Sovereign lightvessel had reported that red flares had been seen three miles to the north north east. The life-boat Beryl...