LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John and Eliza, and Sarah
HOLTHEAD.—About 10 A.M. on the 3rd January the smack John and Eliza wasobserved in a dangerous position on a lee shore, and surrounded by broken water.
It was at the time blowing a gale from E.S.E. The Life-boat Thomas...
Hammer Blow!
A grand bottle-breaking event was held at the Vaynol Arms Hotel in Abersoch, when the proceeds from six months hard work by the licensee, Andrew Shaw, were counted.
Long after the bottle had been filled interest in the... - View image in PDF
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Coastguard changes update
The UK Government revealed on 14 July that its proposed cuts to HM Coastguard had been scaled back. It is now intended to close 8 centres rather than 10, to have the remaining 10 centres (Solent, Dover, Aberdeen, Shetland, Stornoway, Belfast...
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Confid
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.-—At 1.45 in the afternoon of the 17th of April, 1949, information was received that a Dutch vessel had stranded on Hantoon Bank, and at 1.55 the life-boat Mabel Marion Thompson was...
Royal
OCT. 12TH. - HOLY ISLAND, NORTHscene, UMBERLAND. At 5.33 A.M. the coastguard reported a ship ashore on the Goswick Sands.
The weather was wet and cold, with a moderate easterly breeze and a heavy swell.
At...
Wreck of the S.S. "Veronese."
IT was with signal pleasure that all friends of the Life-boat cause heard of the gallant and successful efforts made by the brave fishermen and boatmen of the Portuguese Life-boat Society in rescuing 200 persons from the ill-fated S.S....
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The M.T.B. Naraya
JUNE 17TH. - COVERACK, CORNWALL.
At 7.25 in the morning information was received, through the coastguard, that a motor torpedo boat was ashore at Downance Cove, Kennack Bay, and the motor life-boat The Three Sisters was...
An Aeroplane (39)
JULY 1 1TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX. At 6.25 P.M. the coastguard saw a British aeroplane brought down by the enemy off Selsey Bill. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, but there was only a slight sea. The motor life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched...
The Admiralty Torpedo Craft C.T.21
JANUARY 23RD. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN, AND PORTRUSH, CO. ANTRIM At 2.6 in the afternoon the Bangor coastguard reported a vessel in distress off Ballywhlskin.
There was a thick fog, but the sea was...