LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dunluce
Portrush, Co. Antrim.—At about 4 P.M. on the llth August, 1939, the second coxswain of the life-boat reported that the motor fishing boat Dunluce, of Portrush, with a crew of four on board, was in need of help off Curran Point. A moderate...
Wisp
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex. •— On Sunday the 10th September, 1939, the coastguard reported that the sailing yacht Wisp, of Shoreham, had capsized about one and a half miles to the south-ward of the harbour entrance. A fresh westerly wind was...
Bloom
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—At 10.10 on the night of the 23rd of De- cember, 1948, the harbour watchman telephoned that a fishing vessel was burning flares about four miles east of Kinnaird Head, and at 10.20, in the charge of Captain R. T....
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 1.29 on the afternoon of the 7th of June, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a sailing dinghy had been reported in difficulties in Newport Bay. At 2.3 the life-boat White Star was...
Krab
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 6.57 on the morning of the 25th of August, 1954, the Fifeness coastguard telephoned that the fishing vessel Krab, of Gdynia, had run ashore half a mile east of Leven. At 7.12 the life-boat James and Ruby Jackson was...
Yorkshire Bronze Medallist
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent presents the bronze medal to Coxswain Eric Taylor, of Whitby. - View image in PDF
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Arielle
Filey, Yorkshire. —At 10.57 on the morning of the 17th of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the motor cruiser Arielle, of Leith, had broken down five miles east-north-east of Filey Brigg, and at 11.10 the life- boat The Cuttle was...
A Motor Boat (1)
On the 17th of September, 1952, the Stornoway life-boat was launched on a service which lasted twenty-two hours, and in the course of which she rescued the crew of a motor boat who were marooned on some rocks sixty-five miles from Stornoway....
None (6)
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 10.20 on the morning of the llth of September, 1953, the doctor on Eigg asked if the life-boat would take him to Canna to attend an urgent medical case, as no other boat was available. At 10.45 the life-boat Sir...
Maggie Deas
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 18th of October, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing coble had burnt flares two miles north of Heugh lighthouse. At 5.55 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7...