LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Shoreline and Storm Force
UNDER 16? JOIN THE RNLI HAS JUST launched its new junior membership club, Storm Force. Aimed at young people under 16 years of age, Storm Force is designed to give youngsters a fascinating insight into the work of the RNLI. Individual...
Category: Articles
Shoreline
RNLB Shoreline New members of Shoreline may not be aware that a lifeboat bearing the name of the organisation is stationed at Arbroath.
Built in 1979, RNLB Shoreline is a 37ft 6in Rother class lifeboat with a wooden hull...
Category: Articles
The Margate Life-Boat Saves a French Trawler
AT 3.50 early on the morning of the 19th of December, 1953, the coast- guard rang up to say that the police had reported that the trawler Notre Dame de la Mer, of Boulogne, had run on to the rocks on Foreness Point about one and a half miles...
Category: Services
Andrada
BARMOUTH.—A large vessel was seen stranded on St. Patrick's Causeway on the morning of the 24th March, 1895. A heavy gale was blowing from S.W., the weather was thick and the sea rough. The Lifeboat Jones Ctibb put off at 8.15, and on...
Winefred
At 10.30 A.M. on the 23rd February a Coastguard reported that a vessel was dismasted about three miles east of Mevagissey, with a signal of distress hoisted in her rigging. A moderate S.E. gale was blowing at the time with a rough sea.<...
Eva
The motor Life-boat J. McGonnel Hussey was launched shortly after noon on the 9th May, and saved the pilot coble Eva, of Sunderland, and her occupant.
Information was received that the coble was in distress about two and a...
Renner
About noon on the 23rd February, it was reported that a vessel was on the North Buxey Sand with a signal of distress flying.
The Life-boat Albert Edward was launched and proceeded to the vessel, which proved to be the...
Gallilee, Empire and Silver Line.
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of 16th May, 1939, a strong N.E.
wind was blowing with a very rough sea.
About 10.15 it was learnt that two small fishing boats were returning. Thenjust as the motor...
Thrive
A t about noon on the 24th March a sudden squall sprang up in Fraserburgh Bay. This developed later into a N.W. gale with a heavy sea. Shortly after 1 P.M. the harbour-master tele- phoned that the Fraserburgh and Cairnbulg fishing fleets...
Fishing Boats
Cromer, Norfolk. By noon, on 2yth November, 1965, the weather had deteriorated considerably and as five local fishing boats were still at sea it was decided to assemble the crew of the No. 2 life-boat. The life-boat William Henry and Mary...