LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Tarka
Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire.
—At 12.34 on the afternoon of the 16th of July, 1951, the Holyhead coastguard said that a capsized yacht had been sighted about seven miles west-north- west off Porthdinllaen Point. At one...
Ponthieu
PENZANCE.—On the 17th May, soon after 10 A.M., a mounted messenger armed at Penzance -with the HOTS that abrig was ashore at Perran, five miles eastward of that port. The wind was blowing strongly from S., and the sea was somewhat heavy at...
Our Heroes
"Tis a terrible night, and the seas run mountains high, The wind is howling fiercely, with a dark and sullen sky; Eyes are aching and blinded with the driving sleet and rain, And thoughts turn to those who are going out, who may never...
Category: Poetry
(Above) Mrs Pat Whittaker District Organising Secretary (Ne) Presents to Her Majesty Mrs Audrey Woore Chairman Hartlepool Headland Ladies Guild and (Below) Ge
(Above) Mrs Pat Whittaker, district organising secretary (NE), presents to Her Majesty Mrs Audrey Woore, chairman, Hartlepool Headland ladies guild and (below) General Farrant presents Sir William Gladstone, The Chief Scout, and a Scout... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
John Bakke
FEBRUARY 1ST. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
The Norwegian steamer John Bakke, of Haugesund, had run aground, but when the life-boat reached her, her fore part was high and dry and help was not needed. - Rewards, £6 17s....
Adalina
Soon after mid- day on the 28th April, during a S.W.
gale accompanied by a rough sea, it was reported that a vessel was ashore on the Goodwins. The Life-boat Brad- ford proceeded to the Sands and found the fishing vessel...
Maria W.
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 3.35 a.m. on the 22nd February, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore on Whinnyfold Rocks. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was launched at 4 o'clock in light...
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Life-boat 70-002 at Scapa pier, Orkney -At 11.30 a.m. on 18th April, 1969, a man was seen by a member of the life-boat crew to fall from the end of Scapa pier into the sea. The IRB carried aboard the life-boat was launched at 11.31. The tide...
Tricia
Llandudno, Caernarvonshire. — At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 9th of September, 1957, a yacht at anchor was seen to be in a dangerous position. A watch was kept on her, and as the weather was worsening the life-boat Tillie Morrison,...
Hod o' the Wind
SLOOP AGROUND Skegness, Lincolnshire, and Wells, Norfolk. At 10.40 p.m. on igth April, 1965, the coastguard informed the Skegness honorary secretary that the sloop Hod o' the Wind was overdue on passage from Boston Ham to Gibralter Point...