LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Belle
HAUXLEY, NORTHUMBERLAND.—A flag of distress was seen flying from the fishing fishing smack Belle, of Blyth, in the Coquet Eoads, at 3.30 P.M., on the 13th April, during stormy weather, the wind blowing very strong from the E.S.E., and a high...
Regulus and a Dinghy
It was a dark and stormy night...
The Invergordon lifeboat Douglas Aikman Smith was launched just before midnight on 10 May 2002, following reports that two craft were overdue at Golspie, in winds of Force 5-6. Contact was...
Captain Stephen Manson
Captain Stephen Manson Kirkwall station honorary secretary, on 23 October.
Category: Obituaries
A Sailing Dinghy
Poole, Dorset. At 7.40 on the even- ing of the 2nd of January, 1959, the police at Wareham told the coxswain that a sailing dinghy had left Wareham at three o'clock in the afternoon and had not returned. The crew consisted of a father...
Dona
Exmouth, Devon. At 12.55 early on the morning of the 13th of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that orange-coloured lights resembling flames had been seen three to four miles south-east of Orcombe Point. The life-boat...
Bill Owen
Bill Owen reaches deep into the lottery drum to find a winner after Ian Wallington, assistant appeals secretary, has given the tickets a good spin.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lady Mary
IRVINE.—On the 6th October the schooner Lady Mary, of Irvine, went ashore near the entrance of that harbour, in a strong south-westerly gale, and hoisting signals of distress, the Life-boat, the Isabella Frew, proceeded to her through aheavy...
John and George
.—The small motor fishing boat John and George, of Lowestoft, was fishing half a mile south- east of the Coastguard lookout on the morning of 7th April when her engine failed and her net fouled the propeller.
A moderate...
Shoreline Section
THE SEASON is now well under way, so may we wish all our members 'good sailing', and for those members who will not be able to go afloat, a pleasant summer.
While stationed in Ireland as inspector of lifeboats I had...
Category: Articles
Tourquet
The steam trawler Touqtiet, of Boulogne, ran ashore in a dangerous position at Moor Sands, about one mile west of Prawle Point, on the llth April. She had a cargo of fish on board, and carried a crew of twenty-two. Only a light southerly...