LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Little Flower
FEBRUARY 26TH . - HOWTH , CO. DUBLIN. At 4 P.M. it was reported that the open motor boat Little Flower, a local fishing boat, with three men on board, had not returned from fishing, and at 4.30 P.M. the motor life-boat R.P.L. was launched. A...
Gladonia (1)
Long hours at sea THE CARGO VESSEL Gladonla, broken down and drifting 34 miles east of Lowestoft, was reported to the honorary secretary of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat station by Yarmouth Coastguard at 0850 on Tuesday January 3,...
Finance In 1943; Expenditure
Expenditure in 1943 was £299,125. That was more than in 1942 but much less than in a year of peace. Only one new life-boat could be completed and sent to the coast. She had taken three times the normal time to...
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Gratitude
Walmer, Kent. At 2.16 on the after- noon of the 31st of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a motor boat had the ketch Gratitude, of 70 tons, in tow and that the two boats were drifting towards the Goodwin...
A Boat (1)
SEPTEMBER 11TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 12.40 in the afternoon a boatman reported that two boys had gone out in a boat and been lost to sight. It was getting foggy, and anxiety was felt for their safety. A light southerly breeze was...
Lifeboat Services (1)
November and December 1995, January and February 1996 Aberdeen, Grampian 54ft Arun ON 1050: Nov 2, 21, Dec 31 and Jan 18 Aberdovey, Gwynedd Atlantic 21: Jan 19 Relief Atlantic 21: Feb 21 Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire Relief Atlantic 75: Nov 26,...
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High Seas...
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Abersoch - West Division Picturesque Abersoch, on the tip of the Lleyn Peninsula in North Wales, boasts two sandy beaches and is a popular area for powerboat and yachting...
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St. Helier
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 7.17 on the evening of the 7th of August, 1951, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht was aground on the Buxey Sands five and a half miles south- west of Clacton. At 7.25 the life-boat Edward Z. Dresden was...
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Emma Louise
At 2 P.M.
on the 7th March the schooner Emma Louise, of Wick, bound to the Tyne with a cargo of paving stones, but then lying at anchor in Scrabster Roadstead, showed signals of distress, the crew fear- ing she would drive...