LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Golden Rule
BY RADIO TELEPHONE Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 9 p.m.
on 29th April, 1964, a local man reported that he had heard a message on his radio telephone that the motor fishing vessel Golden Rule, of Stromness, needed...
Humility
OCT. 26TH. - NEWBIGGIN, NORTHUMBERLAND.
- At 10.45 A.M. the coastguard informed the life-boat station that the fishing coble Humility, of Newbiggin, was out.
A strong northerly breeze was blowing, with a...
An R.A.F. Lockheed Hudson Aeroplane
MARCH 17TH. - REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.
At about 9.50 A.M the coastguard reported that an R.A.F. Lockheed Hudson aeroplane was down in the sea about two miles north of Redcar look-out, and the motor life-boat Louisa Polden was...
Richard
PORTHDINLLAEN, CARNARVONSHIRE. — The schooner Eichard, of Nefyn, bound from the Scilly Islands for Carnarvon, in ballast, showed signals of distress, being in danger, while at anchor in Porthdinllaen Bay during half a gale of wind, and a...
Raven
RHYL.—On the 8th November, at about 3 P.M., the Jane Dalton Life-boat proceeded to the aid of the sloop Haven, of Liverpool, which had lost her mainsail, and, becoming unmanageable, had been driven ashore at Plastirion Point. The...
Fishing Boats
SHERINGHAM.—A rough sea sprung up on the evening of the 16th August, and about fifteen or twenty fishing-boats were placed in danger. At 5,15 the Life-boat William Bennett was launched, eight minutes sufficing to get her afloat, took the...
Fishing Cobles
On the morning of the 18th January, the coxswain reported that seven of the local motor fishing cobles were at sea and in danger owing to the very heavy sea. The pulling and sailing life-boat Arthur R. Dawes was launched at 9.15 A.M. and...
Voorwaarts
In response i| to a telephone message at 3.45 P.M. on ! the 17th January, stating that a vessel | was ashore at Sizewell with her crew in the rigging, the No. 1 Life-boat Alfred Gorry was launched. She found the schooner Voorwaarts, of...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Filey, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 3rd November, 1939, four motor fishing cobles were at sea. The weather was bad. Watch was kept, and at 11.40 A.M., as the conditions were then dangerous for the returning boats, the pulling and...
Disposition of Life-Boats
The Michael Stephens (ex-Exmouth) has been placed in the reserve fleet along with the Crawford and Constance Conybeare (ex-Falmouth). The Gertrude (ex-Holy Island) has gone to Exmouth, and the Lilla Marras, Douglas and Will (ex-Cromarty) is...
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