LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Geziena and Courage
Whltby, Yorkshire.—At 12.50 in the afternoon of the 4th of November, 1951, the coastguard reported that the motor ship Geziena, of Rotterdam, was lying off Whitby in need of a pilot. As the weather was too bad for a shore-boat to put out,...
May Lily
JULY 27TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.
The fishing boat May Lily was overdue No news about her could be obtained and at three in the afternoon a request was made for aeroplanes to search.
They returned...
Past and Present
50 years ago From THE LIFEBOAT of November 1918 The Duke of Northumberland's Prize Essay Competition Early this year the late Duke of Northumberland, the then President of the Institution, placed at its disposal the sum of £100, to...
Category: Articles
Travelscope,
Complimentary Coach Travel From Selected Pick Up Points! Reader Holiday Cruises Magical Mediterranean Sunshine Cruise f* •*£ from 8 Days Departing 19th October 2002 Nice, Barcelona, Minorca, Palma de Majorca, Ibiza and Malaga on...
Category: Advertisement
Edwardino, of Genoa
The brig Ed- wardino, of Genoa, was stranded during a terrific gale from the S. on the Northern Strand of Ballycotton Bay, on the 30th December. The life-boat St. Clair went off twice, and on the second occasion rescued the vessel's crew...
Round Britain Record:
Round Britain record: Ten months and several pairs of walking boots after setting out from Skegness in April last year, round Britain walker Ron Bttllen arrived back at hi.s starling point having completed 7.053 miles in 313 days. Mr Bullen... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Boats (2)
On the 26th March about forty-five of the boats were again overtaken by a gale and a very heavy sea, and the lighthouse keeper signalled for the Life-boat. Ten of the boats returned without shooting their lines; the others, which had shot...
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
None
Galway Bay. At 10 p.m. on 3rd April, 1965, a nurse on Inishere Island informed the honorary secretary that a doctor was required for a maternity case.
As all the local boats were aground because it was low water it was...
David
TOW FOR CABIN CRUISER WITH ANGLERS ABOARD Plymouth, Devon. At 8.45 on the evening of the 13th August, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small yacht needed help near Draystone buoy. There was a moderate breeze...