LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cornelia
Whitby, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the night of the 13th of August, 1951, a barge was seen off Whitby Rock. The coastguard said she had made no dis- tress signals, but had shipped a large amount of water. At 9.28 the No. 1 life-boat Mary Ann...
A Naval Trawler Saved
A vellum has also been awarded to Second-coxswain F. Upton, of Walmer, who, at great risk, went on board a naval trawler from the life-boat when the trawler was labouring in heavy seas close to the Goodwins. She fell over so far that the...
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A Belgian Steamer
OCT. 8TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. A Belgian steamer lying in the Downs was flying a signal for immediate medical aid, and the life-boat went out with two doctors, Before she arrived the steamer had gone on her way, and it was found that she had...
Polly
Nov. 7TH. - WICKLOW, CO. WICKLOW.
At 8.30 P.M. signals of distress were seen from a fishing skiff about two miles north-east of Wicklow Pier. A moderate S.W. gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. At 8.45 P.M. the motor...
Hughie Green's Autograph Session
It was a cold and blustery August bank holiday when the annual life-boat flag day was held in Rhyl this year. A further handicap was the lateness of the bank holiday - fewer people were in the town. The outlook for fund raising was poor,...
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Henry Everest, of Rochester
On the 20th Octo- ber at midnight, during a strong gale with heavy sea, the barge Henry Everest, of Rochester, was driven ashore off Thorpeness. The Thorpe life-boat was speedily launched, and proceeded to her aid, taking off her crew...
Boscoble
On the morning of the 28th May the coast- guard telephoned that a trawler was ashore at Snab Point. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate ground swell and a thick fog.
The life-boat crew, most of whom were...
Actuality
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—On Friday the 3rd of February, 1950, the motor vessel Actuality of London, on passage from Drogheda to Sunderland, entered Peterhead Bay to shelter from bad weather. Being short of food, she sent a boat ashore in...
Polly Cook
Kirkcudbright. At three o'clock on the morning of the 4th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a woman had telephoned expressing alarm at the continued absence of her husband, who had left the previous...
Katherina Kolkmann
TEN MEN RESCUED Dover and Dungeness, Kent. At 4.58 a.m. on 29th March, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Dutch ship, Katherina Kolkmann was in collision with the British coaster Gannet five miles south of...