LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gertrude
TYRELLA, Co. DOWN.—At 2 A.M. on the 30th September signals of distress were observed in Dnndrum Bay, about a mile S.S.W. of the Craigalea Bocks. The wind was blowing from the S., the weather was thick and hazy, and there was a heavy ground...
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Aith, Shetlands.-—On the 9th of Jan- uary, 1956, the doctor at Walls asked if the life-boat would take him and a relieving nurse to Foula, because con- tinuous bad weather had isolated the island for nearly a month and at least two people...
The 42' Belgian Sloop Colombe
Belgian sloop aground LYMINGTON ILB STATION deputy launching authority received a telephone message at 2035 on Friday, November11, 1977, from HM Coastguard Needles saying that the 42' Belgian sloop Colombe had called on her RT to say...
Three Cutters
SEPTEMBER 7TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. At 11 A.M. the naval authorities reported that a naval cutter, being used for training purposes off Douglas, was being driven on to the rocks at Onchan Head. A strong W.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a...
Four Generations Were Involved In Seaview, Isle of Wight, Flag Day Last Summer. Amanda and Jeremy Millett (Above), on Holiday, Spent Four Hours Walking the Foreshore
Four generations were involved in Seaview, Isle of Wight, flag day last summer. Amanda and Jeremy Millett (above), on holiday, spent four hours walking the foreshore, helped by their parents and grandparents, Mr and Mrs P. G. Wickens. Their... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Aberdeen Steam Trawler, Braconmoor
Longhope (The Orkneys).
At one in the morning on 5th January, the Aberdeen steam trawler, Braconmoor, outward bound for the fishing grounds, went ashore on TornessPoint, in the Orkneys, three and a half miles from Longhope....
New Members of Committee of Management
Major Bertram Bell, Mr. Raymond Cory, Mr. John Russell, and Mr. Nigel Varrington Smyth, O.B.E., have been co-opted members of the Committee of Management of the Institution.
Major Bell, who lives in Fota Island (Co. Cork),...
Category: Committee
Mount Ida and a Lowestoft Drifter
Cromer, Norfolk.—9th October, 1939.
After rescuing the crew of twenty-nine of the Greek steamer Mount Ida, the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey went to the help of a Lowestoft drifter, but found that her crew had been...
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JANUARY 13TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
Distress signals on a ship’s siren had been heard, but no vessel could be found. Two mines were seen and reported. - Rewards, £6 7s. 6d..
The Dudgeon Light-vessel
JANUARY 29TH. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.
The Dudgeon Light-vessel had been bombed and marhine-gunned, but the lifeboat, which went out twice, found no one on board. - Rewards, £23 0S. 3d. and £19 9s. 6d..