LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

1st July. The oil-tanker Pan Aruba, of Oslo, Norway, had anchored with engine trouble, but she did not need help.—Rewards, £19 6s..

On the 14th September the strong W.S.W.

wind, which had been blowing at Brid- lington, increased towards sunset to a strong gale. At about 7.30 P.M. it was reported that some of the fishing cobles trawling in the vicinity...

ONE of the features of the many boating accidents in the summer of 1937 was the gallantry of boys and girls. The Institution awarded five inscribed wrist-watches, to a girl and four boys for saving, or attempting to save, life. Their ages...

Torbay, Devon. At 9.30 on the even- ing of the 19th of December, 1959, a local fisherman called at the coxswain's house to report that a 24-feet crab-boat, which had left harbour at two o'clock, had not returned. At 10.5 the...

NEWLYN AND SENNEN COVE, CORN- WALL.—Shortly before midnighton 28th- 29th February information was received through the Coastguard that a steamer had been observed about one and a half miles S.E. of Tol Pedn showing signals of distress. A...

Ditched helicopter WHEN ON THURSDAY July 31, 1980, Aberdeen Coastguard heard at 1213 that a British Airways helicopter returning from an oil rig in the Clyde Field with 15 people on board had ditched in the sea a 'mayday' relay was...

NOVEMBER 21ST. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.

A motor fishing vessel had been reported in distress, but she reached safety without the life-boat’s help. - Rewards, £13 14s. 6d..

ON the 26th of March, three Army officers from Dover, members of the Royal Artillery Yacht Club, set sail in a yacht for Margate. Just after four in the afternoon they were seen by the shore attendant attempting to enter Ramsgate harbour. He...