LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Peeks of Bournemouth Ltd
If you're organising a fund raising event, acopvj of our feeecatalocjue will put you on the road to success.
And because of our no financial risk service you don't even have to pay until after your event. So you'...
Category: Advertisement
M. A. Stephens
OCTOBER 12TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 4.50 in the morning, the Yarmouth coastguard reported a white flare on Scroby Sands two or three miles in a north-easterly direction. A moderate east-south-east breeze was blowing and...
War Services of the Institution
THE Secretary of the Institution is compiling a record of the War Services rendered by the Life-boats and by members of the staff of the Institution.
He would be grateful to Honorary Secretaries, especially of Station...
Category: Services
The S.S. Trebartha and the S.S. Oberan
NOVEMBER 11TH. - ABERDEEN. At about 6.20 P.M. the Gregness coastguard reported that red flares, presumably from a steamer on fire, had been seen S.E. by S. of Findon, in which area bombs had been dropped by German aeroplanes. A strong S.S.E....
Hasselo
Signals of distress from the Middle Lightship were observed on the morning of the 19th January. The same Life-boat was launched and proceeded to a schooner which was found to be sunk with the lower masts' heads out of water. As no one...
Speed, of Wexford
On the 9th May, the schooner Speed, of Wexford, was observed anchored close to the rocks off this place, during a strong gale of wind and heavy sea.
The captain, fearing that his vessel would drive on the rocks, hoisted...
A Sailing Dinghy
SAILING DINGHY BEACHED AFTER CAPSIZE Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 12.20 on the afternoon of the 24th August, 1962, the mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a sailing dinghy had capsized a mile and a half north-east of Arklow harbour. The...
Servic
Hartlepool, Co. Durham, and Tees- mouth, Yorkshire. At 5.10 on the morning of the 13th of December, 1957, the South Gare coastguard told the Teesmouth honorary secretary that a vessel was firing rockets one mile north of the breakwater. At 5...
A Motor Cruiser and a Yacht
Cruiser sinks minutes after crew rescued Fowey South West Division The vigilance of Fowey Deputy Launching Authority Capt Mike Mitchell, which led to the Fowey lifeboat leaving harbour as a casualty fired her first red flare, has been...
A Rowing Boat
At 2.56 p.m. on 3rd September, 1966, a rowing boat was reported in danger two miles north of the boathouse. Four minutes later the life-boat Watkin Williams was launched in a rough sea and a strong south westerly wind. It was one hour after...