LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Northness
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 7.15 in the morning of the 27th of July, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel was ashore a mile west of Rue Point, and a few minutes later she was reported to be blowing S.O.S. on her whistle. The motor...
Rizzio
Bridlington, Yorkshire. At three o'clock on the afternoon of the 3rd of January, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that there was an injured man on board the steam trawler Rizzio, of Grimsby. At five o'clock the...
Miranda
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 6.40 on the evening of the 19th of May, 1955, the Ramsey coastguard telephoned that a small motor boat had broken down four miles east of Onchan Head. A quarter of an hour later the life-boat Millie Walton was...
Nuncio
NEW BBIGHTON.—The steam-tug Hover came to the New Brighton stage at about 6 P.M. on the 5th October for the Lifeboat, as there was a ship in distress on the Little Burbo Bank. The Stuart Hay Life-boat was at once manned, taken in tow by the...
Current affairs
Ireland’s ‘voice of the sea’ may have stepped away from the microphone – but Tom MacSweeney is as vocal as ever when it comes to marine matters
For two decades, Tom MacSweeney’s voice has been synonymous with Ireland’s...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats (2)
CULLERCOATS.—The Co-operator No. 1 Life-boat put off at 9 o'clock, on the morning of the 14th February, to the assistance of several fishing-boats which had been overtaken by a high sea. The Life-boat remained near the bar until 2...
Howard
Peterhead, Aberdeenshlre.—At 6.35 on the evening of the 29th of May, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Howard, of Hull, had wirelessed that she had a very sick man on board and had asked if the life-boat would take...
Queen Alexandra
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 1.45 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1951, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Queen Alexandra, of Fleetwood, with a crew of twelve, had wirelessed that she was aground in the Sound of...
Skagerak
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 8.55 on the night of the 27th of September, 1951, a wireless message was received through the harbour master, from the captain of the Norwegian motor vessel Skagerak that he needed a doctor for a very sick man. As...
The Mersey Class Lilly and Vincent Anthony Is Officially Named at Pwllheli Which Celebrates Its Centenary Year
The Mersey class Lilly and Vincent Anthony is officially named at Pwllheli, which celebrates its centenary year. - View image in PDF
(Photo Jeff Morris). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs