LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Kjorrefjord
Sunderland, Co. Durham.—On the 9th December the Norwegian steamer Kjorrefjord, of Farsund, bound for the Tyne with a general cargo, ran ashore on Whitburn Steel, about two miles north of Sunderland. The wind was only light and the sea smooth...
Black Maria
Fowey, Cornwall.—On the evening of the 16th of September, 1950, the yacht Black Maria, with no one on board, broke her moorings at Fowey. In a rough sea and a fresh south-westerly gale, she was swept up the harbour, striking the life-boat...
Tapti
On the 17th of January, 1951, the Mallaig life-boat rescued the crew of 62 of the motor vessel Tapti of London.
The Institution awarded its thanks inscribed on vellum to Coxswain Ian B. Watt, and to him and each member of...
Chantecler
Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire.—Early in the afternoon of the 16th March the auxiliary yacht Chantecler, of Lytham, broke away from her moorings. A strong east breeze was blowing, with amoderate sea. As no one was on board the yacht, the motor...
A Motor Fishing Boat
Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—At 8 P.M.
on the 12th January, 1938, it was reported that one of the local motor fishing boats was in danger owing to a breakdown of her engine. A southerly gale was blowing, with a very rough sea....
Notre Dame de Fatima
On the 8th of November, 1956, the St. David's life-boat was launched to help the French trawler Notre Dame de Fatima, which was in distress three miles south-west of Skokholm light.
The life-boat rescued the trawler'...
Advent
Dungeness, Kent.—At 7.57 on the morning of the 17th of March, 1957, a message was received from a fisher- man that a vessel was ashore at Great- stone. The life-boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched at 8.25 in a smooth sea. There was a...
Beach Belle
Dover, Kent. At 6.52 on the evening of the 3rd of October, 1957, a message was received that a small motor boat was burning distress flares west of Dover. Eight minutes later the life- boat Southern Africa put out in a moderate sea. There...
Lieut.-Colonel E. G. H. Livesey
Lieut.-Colonel E. G. H. Livesey, who was District Organising Secretary for the Midlands from 1952 to 1957, died on the 29th of March, 1958. Lieut.- Colonel Livesey was educated at Epsom College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, and...
Category: Obituaries
Our Confidence
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 27th of June, 1958, the coxswain heard on his radio that the motor fishing vessel Our Confidence of Bridlington had broken down off Whitby in dense fog. He told the honorary secretary, and...