LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
White Rose (1)
Arbroath, and Broughty Ferry, Angus.
At eight o'clock on the morning of the 27th of August, 1959, the fishing boat White Rose of Arbroath, which had engine trouble, drifted on to rocks at West Haven, north of Carnoustie...
A Catamaran
A few weeks later, on Thursday April 30, Mudeford's D class inflatable lifeboat launched at 1315, manned by Helmsman Brian Stride and CrewMembers Paul Walker and Dale Parker, to go to the help of a catamaran, being sailed single handed,...
Gansey
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.^At 10.30 on the night of the 22nd of December, 1955, a telephone message was received from the Coast Life-Saving Service in Dub- lin that the motor vessel Gansey, of Castletown, had wirelessed that she had damaged her...
Bedouin
SAW FLASHING LIGHT Montrose, Angus. At 11.53 P-m- on 13th July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a flashing light had been reported at sea and was understood to be a distress signal. The yacht Bedouin which had...
Martell Cognac
MARTELL The spirit of Tradition Michel Martell, the seventh generation of the Martell family to head this prestigious company, founded in 1715, was in England when the announcement was made to phase out the traditional Naval rum ration in...
Category: Advertisement
Effective Fund Raisers the Ladies of Walton
Effective fund raisers in front of their effective fund-raising vehicle.
The ladies of Walton and Frinton guild raised over £900 during lifeboat week selling souvenirs from this caravan which thev purchased themselves.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Leonora Minnie
During the afternoon of the 28th July the Sandgate coast- guard telephoned that a yacht with engine trouble was dragging her anchors off Cock Point, near Folkestone. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat...
Beal Abha
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 9 a.m.
on 18th December, 1969, a radio distress signal was picked up by the life-boat mechanic that the motor fishing vessel Beal Abha was in difficulties nine miles south east of Ballycotton...
Stuck truck
1 March: Courtown, Co Wexford The inshore crew went to the rescue of the driver of a 25-tonne dump truck that had become submerged at high tide on Ardamine Beach. The crew arrived to find the driver waving from...
Category: Articles
(Right) Members of His Crew
members of his crew. They are (I to r) Fred Menzies, Bill Duthie, Graham Clark, Donald Birnie, lain Sutherland, Robert Morrice and James Buchan.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs