LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Elsie
Workington, Cumberland. — At 7.50 in the evening of the 21st of June, 1952, a report was received through the coastguard that a boat was in dis- tress about three miles north-east of Whitehaven, and at 8.15 the life-boat N.T. was launched....
Marjorie
Early in the morning of the 2nd May, during a W.S.W. gale, a small ketch was observed at anchor close to a lee shore in Church Bay, and at 10 o'clock she hoisted a signal of distress. A steamer, making for Holyhead, was seen proceeding...
None
Howth, Co. Dublin.—At 2.45 oi\ the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1953, a local boatman reported that a girl had fallen over a cliff into the sea at the Nose of Howth, half a mile from the harbour. At 2.55 the life-boat...
May
At 12.30 P.M. on the 2nd January a telephone message was received from the Coastguard that a fishing coble was in distress north of Emmanuel Head.
The No. 1 Motor Life-boat Milbufn was launched and found the May of Holy...
Equerry
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire.—At 12.30 on the afternoon of the 30th of December, 1956, the harbour master reported that the trawler Equerry, of Grimsby, which was in Peterhead Bay on her way to the fishing grounds, had an injured man on board....
The S.S. Downshire
Newcastle, Co. Down.—On the 8th of December, 1954, the S.S. Downshire, of Belfast, a collier bound for Dundrum from Garston, ran hard ashore on the sands three quarters of a mile west of Dundrum harbour entrance, but the life-boat was not...
Fishing Vessels (1)
RETURNED SAFELY At i p.m. on I3th March, 1964, the lifeboat coxswain informed the honorary secretary that three local fishing vessels were at sea in deteriorating weather. The life-boat Mary Ann Hepworth was launched at 1.12 in a...
Norwegian Medals
THE Norwegian Government has awarded silver medals and diplomas to Mr. E. Selby Davidson, honorary secretary of the Tynemouth station, Coxswain George Lisle, W. Johnson, the motor mechanic, and Bartholomew Taylor, a member of the crew, for...
Category: Medals
Orange Blossom
At about 4 A.M. on the 19th March, the Mincing Lane Life-boat was launched to the aid of the smack Orange Blossom, of Jersey, which was making for the harbour during a strong gale accompanied by snow storms and a very heavy sea.
<...
A Rowing Boat
Port Erin, Isle of Man. At 6.10 on the evening of the 8th of September, 1960, the second coxswain told the honorary secretary that a rowing boat was reported missing and might be in difficulties between Bradda Head and Flirlwick Bay. The...