LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hydrovane
Six taken off ON A NIGHT of worsening weather, Clyde Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Islay lifeboat station at 2213 on Sunday September 4, 1983, that the 34ft yacht Hydrovane, on charter, was in trouble in the Sound of Jura.<...
Fishing Boats
A large number of fishing-boats were running for the harbour during a heavy gale of wind from the S.W. and a rough sea, on the morning of the 24th of April.
At 8 o'clock the Dora was launched, and remained afloat eight...
Cover Picture
Fog . . . one of the worst hazards for the seafarer. The prototype 47ft Tyne class lifeboat City of London underwent her slipway trials at Selsey lifeboat station in Sussex, and Selsey lifeboathouse and slipway can be seen looming in the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Chloe
Poole, Dorset. At 12.15 early on the morning of the 4th of August, 1958, the police told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Chloe had left Wareham for Sandbanks at 5.30 on the afternoon of the 3rd of August and had not arrived....
Cover Picture
The three medallists in London for their awards, photographed on the South Bank.
They are (I to r) Helmsman Alan Clarke of Hunstanton, bronze medal. Coxswain/ Mechanic Ron Cannon of Ramsgate, silver medal and Second... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Tarbek
Workington, Cumberland.—On the 29th of April, 1957, the master of the motor vessel Tarbek, of Hamburg, anchored off the entrance to Working- ton harbour, asked if a doctor could be sent to his vessel to attend six members of his crew. The...
High Seas...
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Category: Articles
Margaret and Ann
NAIRN.—The fishing-yawl Margaret and Ann was seen in the bay, about five hundred yards east of Nairn harbour, in a critical position, while a gale was blowing from the S.W. and a high sea was running, at about 1 P.M. on the 27th June. She...
Comet
Barmouth, Merionethshire. — At 8.30 on the evening of the 28th of August, 1951, the police reported that the Tonfanau artillery camp had an- nounced a small fishing boat in distress.
There was one man in her,...
Lenie (1)
TOWED OFF ROCKS Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.
At 5.5 a.m. on i8th March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a Dutch motor vessel was ashore eight miles south-west of Porthdinllaen Point. There was a...