LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
King Oscar
On the night of the 10th January the Norwegian barque King Oscar ran ashore on the rocks off Newbiggin Point. The Newbiggin life- boat put off, and succeeded, with some dif- ficulty, in getting on board the crew, 14 in number, and one woman,...
Petersfield
The steamer Priestfield of Newcastle, a vessel of upwards of 4000 tons gross tonnage, stranded to the S.W. of Morthoe Point in a thick fog on the night of the 7th—8th May. She was bound from Antwerp to Barry in ballast, and had a crew on...
Volunteer
on the 8th February the Coastguard reported that a fishing vessel was ashore about four miles to the eastward of Newhaven Harbour. The weather was moderate, but as the sea was making and the wind freshening, the motor Life- boat Michael...
Joan Receives Her Brand New Peugeot 306.
Joan receives her brand new Peugeot 306.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Howard of Grimsby
On the 27th March, the smack Howard, of Grimsby, went ashore near the outer buoy, off Scar- borough. On the accident being seen from the shore, the Scarborough life-boat was im- mediately launched, and took off the only man on board the...
A Boat
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 6.10 on the evening of the 27th of October, 1960, the local police informed the honorary secretary that cries for help could be heard from the entrance to the river Axe. The life-boat Fifi and Charles...
St. Lucia
At 4.55 p.m. on 8th December, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an attempt to take an injured man off the trawler St. Lucia by helicopter had been unsuccessful owing to the bad weather, and requested that the...
A Trawler (3)
APRIL 5TH - COURTMACSHERRY HARBOUR, CO. CORK. A trawler’s engines had broken down, but she repaired them and she was able to go on her way.- Rewards, £4 13s. 6d.
Antje
In response to signals of distress fired by the Cork light-vessel on the 30th October, the Steam Life-boat City of Glasgow was sent to sea. On reaching the light- vessel, the master reported that a vessel was burning flares to the...
Centurity
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 11.30 on the morning of the 13th of December, 1956, the harbour master received a message from the motor vessel Centurity of London, which had anchored in the harbour because of bad weather, that her crew...