LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

LAUNCHED IN MIST At i p.m. on 2yth May, 1964, the coastguard told the mechanic that a report had been received that a large vessel had gone aground west of the harbour entrance.

Visibility was very bad because of mist, it...

Bridlington, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 26th of January, 1956, the weather became worse while the local fishing boat Gloamin N, which had a crew of four, was still at sea.

At 10.10 the life-boat Tillie Morrison,...

The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of a 34 feet by 7i feet self-righting boat. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view, the shaded part showing that devoted to the air-cases, which give extra buoyancy...

VELLUM FOR BALLYCOTTON COXSWAIN Ballycotton, and Courtmacsherry, Co.

Cork.—At 5.40 in the afternoon of the 6th of November, 1947, Mrs. M. L.

Blake, of Ballycotton picked up a wireless call from the...

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...

Tynemonth, Northumberland - At 8.45 p.m. on 18th November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing vessel Scarthoe had grounded in the Tyne estuary in thick fog. Her crew were preparing to abandon ship. The...

YOUGHAL, Co. CORK.—The ketch Gipsy, of Youghal, returning from Cork, with no cargo or ballast, on the 25th March, found that with a strong head wind and an ebb tide she could not enter the harbour; she therefore ran for shelter under...

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