LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Minerva (1)
On the 25th of December, 1956, the Exmouth and Torbay life-boats put out to the Dutch motor vessel Minerva. In the course of the service William Carder, a member of the Exmouth crew, was washed overboard and lost his life. For a full account...
H.M. Balloon Drifter Marcia
SEPTEMBER 7TH. - BLYTH, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At about 11.30 at night the coastguard asked the life-boat to go to the help of a balloon drifter which was ashore in Blyth Bay about half a mile S.S.W. of Blyth piers. The night was...
Pandora
MAN RESCUED AFTER EXPLOSION IN FISHING VESSEL Porthdinllaen, Caernarvonshire. About 2.15 on the morning of the 7th June, 1963, Porthdinllaen coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an explosion had been heard to seaward off Trevor...
None (1)
Galway Bay. At 8.45 on the evening of the 22nd of October, 1959, the district nurse told the honorary secret- ary that the daughter of the life-boat coxswain had appendicitis and asked for the life-boat to land the child at Rossaveal pier,...
Stainburn
At 5.35 A.M. on the 18th September it was reported that the Gull Light-vessel was firing guns, and also that a steamer could be seen on the Goodwin Sands. The Life-boat .Charles and Susanna Stephens promptly proceeded in tow of the Harbour...
November (1)
LYNMOUTH, DEVON. At eight in the evening of the 2nd September, 1942, a visitor reported that several people could be heard shouting for help beneath the cliffs to the east of the harbour. A light westerly wind was blowing, but the sea was...
Category: Services
Two Boats
Padstow, and St. Ires, Cornwall.—At 7.45 in the evening of the 25th of Sept- ember, 1949, the Trevose Head coast- guard telephoned the Padstow life-boat authorities that a rowing boat with a crew of four was trying to get ashore in...
Helping Hands
Photo: East Anglian Daily Times The East Anglian Daily Times newspaper has raised £50,000 towards the new boathouse at Harwich through its Heroes at Sea Appeal.
As part of the appeal, all schools throughout Suffolk and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Four Sprat Boats
FOUR SPRAT BOATS Wells, Norfolk. At 5.20 p.m. on aist November, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a red flare had been seen north-west of the coastguard lookout. There was a strong gale from the west-south-west with a...
Various Vessels (1)
JANUARY 11TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY, and PORTHDINLLAEN, CAERNARVONSHIRE. During the afternoon information was given by the coastguard to both stations that vessels had been torpedoed or mined six miles west of Rhoscolyn. The Holyhead motor...