LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Dutch Life-Boat Losses
Ix the gales of last November, and again in January of this year, the Dutch Life-boat Service did magnificent work, but, like our own Service, it suffered heavy loss.
The same terrible gales which struck our own coasts...
Category: Articles
October (1)
OCTOBER MEETING ST.ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. About mid-day on the 13th of July, 1945, it was reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea off St.
Abbs Head. A light north-east wind was blowing, with a slight sea, and the...
Category: Services
Besse, of Sunderland
On the 17th November, during a strong gale of wind from the E.N.E., the brig Bessie, of Sunderland, was observed to anchor in a dan- gerous position near this life-boat station, and the City of Worcester life-boat accordingly went out, and...
Denbighshire Lass, of Beaumaris
— On the 24th January, the schooner Denbighsliire Lass, of Beaumaris, showed a signal of dis- tress in Porthdinllaen Bay, and the life- boat Cotton Sheppard was launched about 5.30 P.M., in a terrific gale from the S.W., with very heavy...
Princess of Wales
The Stockport Sun- day Schools Life-boat was called out on the 3rd July, on the barque Princess of Wales, of Glasgow, going ashore about a mile south-east of Dundalk Lighthouse, and was enabled to bring the vessel's crew of 16 men safely...
Fishing Boats (1)
On the 3rd March fourteen of the Newbiggin fishing-boats which had ventured out, being overtaken by a strong wind and a high sea, were in great danger. At 11 A.M. the Life-boat was launched and rendered valuable assistance to the boats, all...
Marianne
SUNDERLAND.—On the 29th December, the Life-boat Florence Nightingale rescued the crew, consisting of 4 men, from the schooner Marianne, of London, which was totally wrecked on Sunderland South Bocks, during a strong S. wind and heavy...
Obituary
Henry Britton, ex-Coxswain at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex; Robert Burgoo, ex-Coxswain at Berwick-on-Tweed; Mr. W. Fortescue BarraJt, Honorary Secretary of the Civil Service Life-boat Fund; the Lord Brownlow and Mr. Henry Fargus, members of the...
Category: Obituaries
Surodan
At about 5.30 P.M. on 3rd March, information was received by telephone from the Coast- guard that a vessel about two miles to the westward and close in shore was apparently in difficulties. A moderate E. breeze was blowing with a moderate...
Inaugural Ceremony, Blyth
The names of those in front, reading from right to left, are: Mr. C. E.
Baldwin, J.P., the Right Hon. Walter Runciman, Major Barton, R.E., Mr. W. J. Parker (Hon. Secretary), Sir Walter Runciman, Lady Runciman, the Lord... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs