LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Two Brothers
MAY 30TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNES, LANCASHIRE. Shortly after 1 P.M. the local fishing smack Two Brothers, with a crew of two, went to sea. As a moderate westerly wind was blowing with a moderatesea the smack was watched, and at about 4 P.M. she...
A Ship’s Life-Boat
APRIL 1ST. - FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.
At 1.30 P.M. a message was received from the Wyre Lighthouse that a ship’s lifeboat needed help. A moderate W.S.W. wind was blowing with a slight sea. At 1.40 P.M.
the...
Mary Bridget, of Wexford
APRIL 13TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 7.10 in the morning a message was received from the owner of the fishing boat Mary Bridget, of Wexford, that she was missing. She had a crew of three.
A southerly wind was...
Royal National Life-Boat Institution. Life-Boat Regulations
THE following Regulations are intended for the guidance of the Local Committee to be formed at each place at which a Life-boat is stationed by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and to whose care and control the Life-boat, her Crew, and...
Category: Articles
Devonshire of Liverpool
On the 27th November signals of distress were observed between 3 and 4 miles distant from this place. The crew of the Llanddwyn life-boat were at once assembled, and the boat went off and found the vessel riding with two anchors down. She...
Two American Landing Craft
JANUARY 17TH. - SALCOMBE, DEVON.
At 2.45 in the afternoon the Hope Cove coastguard reported two American landing craft ashore on Thurleston Rock. A southsouth- east wind was blowing, with a moderately rough sea. The motor...
A Ship’s Boat
APRIL 22ND. - FERRYSIDE, CARMARTHENSHIRE.
At 7.32 A.M. the coxswain received a telephone message from the St. Ismael’s coastguard that the Royal Observer Corps at Carmarthen had reported throughthe Ferryside Police that a...
Shipwrecked Fishermen and Mariners' Royal Benevolent Society
THE Thirty-fifth Annual Meeting of this excellent Society was held at the 22nd of May last, Captain the Hon the unavoidable absence of His Grace the DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH, President of the Society. Amongst those present on the occasion were...
Category: Meetings
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An icy plunge When Portsmouth's volunteers heard that a man was trapped in icy waters below a pier, they knew they were in a race against timePolice officers had been called to Portsmouth's South Marine Parade Pier on the evening of...
Red House Lugger
Two lifeboats save six from yacht in storm conditions Aldeburgh and Lowestoft lifeboats were both involved in a long, arduous service in Storm Force winds and extremely heavy seas when they rescued six people from a yacht in the North Sea at...