LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary Ann
DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.—On the night of Sunday the 1st October, 1876, the No. 2 Life-boat, John Turner-Turner, rescued the crew of the brig Mary Ann, of Whitehaven, and 4 boatmen, being 10 in all, from that vessel, which had drifted on the...
Boy Philip and Bessie Jane
ST. IVES, CORNWALL. — On the 17th November, while a strong gale was blowing from the N.W. and a heavy sea was running, the Life-boat temporarily placed heie during the absence of the station's boat which was being altered and improved,...
A Catamaran and a Dinghy
CATAMARAN DISMASTED Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 11.53 a.m. on 3rd May, 1964, the coastguard reported that a catamaran with a crew of two had been dismasted half a mile off Winthorpe and was drifting northward.
At 12.15 p.m....
Kate and Violet, of Bridlington
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 3.5 p.m.
on 6th November, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing coble had broken down one mile south west of the North Smithie buoy. The life-boat William Henry and...
Vellums for Sunderland and Whitehaven
A VELLUM to mark the 150th anniver- sary of the establishment of a life-boat station at Sunderland was presented on the 6th of October, 1954, by Mr.
Arthur G. Everett, a member of the Committee of Management. The vellum was...
Category: Awards
Topdal and the S.S. Kittiwake
MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND. — On the evening of the 6th October the Coxswain of the Life-boat Civil Service No. 5 received a telegram from Whitehaven warning him to watch for a barque coming up the Solway Firth. A strong gale was blowing from S.W....
Fishing Boats and a Smack
On the llth November, while a moderate breeze was blowing from the E., some Scotch fishing-boats and a smack were seen to run aground on the Barber Sand, on which a heavy sea was breaking. The Life-boat Beauchamp put off at 6 P.M., sailed to...
Sea Flower and Brighter Dawn
Boulmer, Northumberland. On the afternoon of the 12th July, 1961, con- cern was felt for two local fishing cobles Sea Flower and Brighter Dawn, which were overdue from fishing. The crews of other boats had reported on returning that...
A Yacht and a Punt
While the honorary secretary was completing his records of the above service his attention was drawn to a small yacht with three youths on board, in difficulties half a mile off shore. At 1.13 p.m. the IRB launched and took the three youths...
A Boat and a Catamaran
Committee boat A RACE had been organised for dinghies at Blackpool Light Craft Club off Squires Gate on Saturday afternoon, June 13, 1981, but it was cancelled because of rising wind and sea. All the dinghies came ashore unaided but the...