LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailing Dinghy (1)
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire.—At 1.29 on the afternoon of the 7th of June, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a sailing dinghy had been reported in difficulties in Newport Bay. At 2.3 the life-boat White Star was...
Krab
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 6.57 on the morning of the 25th of August, 1954, the Fifeness coastguard telephoned that the fishing vessel Krab, of Gdynia, had run ashore half a mile east of Leven. At 7.12 the life-boat James and Ruby Jackson was...
Yorkshire Bronze Medallist
H.R.H. the Duchess of Kent presents the bronze medal to Coxswain Eric Taylor, of Whitby. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Amethyst
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.^At 5.45 on the morning of the 20th of January, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that the fishing boat Amethyst, of Buckie, which had a crew of nine, had run ashore on Trodday Island at the north end of Skye....
Arielle
Filey, Yorkshire. —At 10.57 on the morning of the 17th of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the motor cruiser Arielle, of Leith, had broken down five miles east-north-east of Filey Brigg, and at 11.10 the life- boat The Cuttle was...
A Motor Boat (1)
On the 17th of September, 1952, the Stornoway life-boat was launched on a service which lasted twenty-two hours, and in the course of which she rescued the crew of a motor boat who were marooned on some rocks sixty-five miles from Stornoway....
None (6)
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 10.20 on the morning of the llth of September, 1953, the doctor on Eigg asked if the life-boat would take him to Canna to attend an urgent medical case, as no other boat was available. At 10.45 the life-boat Sir...
Maggie Deas
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 18th of October, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing coble had burnt flares two miles north of Heugh lighthouse. At 5.55 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7...
None (1)
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.—At 1.23 early on the morningof the 20th of April, 1954, the Gorles- ton coastguard rang up to say that Britannia Pier at Great Yarmouth had caught fire and to ask for the life-boat, as there...
Fishing Boats
ARBROATH, FORFARSHIRE.—On the 29th January at 6 P.M. information was received that the fishing fleet was making for the harbour, and that in the prevailing weather—a strong S.S.E.
gale and very heavy sea—their coming in...