LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
An Aeroplane (15)
APRIL 30TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but only oil and wreckage were found.
- Rewards, £4 13s..
An Ex-Ship's Life-Boat
Ramsgate, Kent - At 1.53 p.m. on 6th June, 1967, it was learned that a boat was in difficulties off the beach and the crew were firing flares. The life-boat Edward and Isabella Irzoin, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings...
People and Places
LONG SERVICE AWARDS THE LONG SERVICE BADGE for crew members and shore helpers who have given active service for 20 years or more has been awarded to: Aldeburgh Second Coxswain J. W. Churchyard Barrow Second Coxswain A. Benson Beaumaris Crew...
Category: Articles
Governor Ready, of Douglas
BALLYWALTER. — On the 5th March information was received that a smack had been observed about ten miles distant, eastward, from the shore, in distress and apparently signalling for help.
The Life-boat William Wallace was...
Top Box?
A collection box filled by patrons and staff of The Masons Arms pub in Cilgerran, Wales has been dubbed 'top box' by Cardigan branch - every three to four weeks the box secretary is on standby for a call to the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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A 15 year old youth ran up to a group of fishermen by the harbour at Dunbar, East Lothian, and told them that his brother had been washed off the rocks at the harbour entrance.
Coxswain Robert Brunton, who was present with...
Reine de la Mer
St. Mary's, Scilly Islands.—At 8.15 on the evening of the 23rd of March, 1955, a man reported that a small vessel had entered Porthcressa Bay, apparently on her way to St. Mary's for shelter.
He later said the...
Liffey
PORTHOUSTOCK. — Intimation having been received that a large steamer had struck on the Levellers Bocks, at about two o'clock on the morning of the 27th January, the erew of the Life-boat Charlotte were summoned, the boat waslaunched, and...
Coronia
Soathend.on - Sea, Essex.—At 2.20 P.M. on the 10th November, 1937, a message was received that a boat abouta mile west of the Nore Light was flying a distress signal. A very squally N. wind was blowing, with a very rough sea. The motor...
The Sailing Catamaran Santa Maria
Walmer, Kent. At 3.15 on the after- noon of the 25th of April, 1959, the coxswain was informed that a catamaran with three people on board had capsized. He saw the casualty about four hundred yards off the life-boat house, and at 3.30 the...