LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Olden Times
Eyemouth, Berwickshire. — At 4.15 in the afternoon of the 27th of Decem- ber, 1951, the fishing vessel Dougals, which was in the harbour, reported by wireless that she had picked up a message from the steam trawler Olden Times, of North...
And More Books
and more books continued from page 179 Standing Into Danger Two Hundred Years of Lifeboat Service in the River Tay and St Andrews Bay by Andrew Jeffrey published by the Dundee Branch of the RNLI at £8.95 ISBN 0-9527568-0-3 This...
Category: Articles
Two Fishing Cobles
At about 11 A.M. on the 13th February, J. Crawford, the Second Coxswain of the Lifeboat Queensbury, received information that two cobles were in difficulties about four miles off Scarborough, and as the sea was very rough and becoming worse...
BOOTS, BOATS AND BUCKETS
Our energetic supporters have stuffed their yellow wellies with cash, cheered hundreds of tiny boats along the Thames and tearfully abandoned their favourite drinks, in an action-packed season of fundraising.<...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats (2)
AHBROATH.—Shortly before 1 P.M. on the 23rd January the People's Journal No. 2 Life-boat was launched, during a strong gale of wind from the S.S.E., accompanied by hail and rain, with a high sea on the bar, to the assistance of a number...
Silver Quest (3)
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Navigator
CAISTER, NORFOLK.—A dense fog was experienced here on the 24th July, accompanied by rain, thunder and much lightning. At about 4 o'clock in the afternoon the fog cleared, and disclosed vessel just striking the inside of the Barber Sand....
Capella
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At 10.20 on the night of the 4th of March, 1949, the coastguard asked that the life-boat crew should stand by as a vessel appeared to be in distress to the north of Ramsey.
At 10.50 they reported that...
None (15)
St. Ives, Cornwall. At five o'clock on the afternoon of the 26th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two youths had been trapped by the rising tide at Fisher- man's Cove. A cliff rescue team had gone to...
Island Commodore
St. Peter Port, Guernsey.—About nine o'clock on the night of the 25th of August, 1950, the M.V. Island Commo- dore reported that her engine had broken down three miles north-east of Platte Fougere Point, but that she did not need...