LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Wairakei II and Beetle
Margate, Kent. — At 4.41 on the afternoon of the 5th of August, 1956, the coastguard rang up to say that two yachts appeared to be ashore on Margate sands some four and a half miles from Margate pier. The life- boat North Foreland (Civil...
An Anson Aeroplane (1)
AUGUST 25TH. - ST. IVES, CORNWALL.
At 10.35 P.M. a message was received from the resident naval officer, Penzance, through the coastguard, that an Anson aeroplane was down three miles N.W. of Portreath. A light S.W. wind...
The Billy Boy Annie
About 12.20 P.M. on the 10th February the Coxswain of the No. 2 Life-boat observed the Billy-boy Annie, of Grimsby, being towed over the bar outward bound, when the tow-rope suddenly broke and the Billy- boy drifted rapidly towards the North...
Life-Belts
No life-boat station can be considered complete without a set of life-belts for the boat's crew, and the several local committees should insist upon having them, and upon the belts being put on, before the men go afloat. The qualities...
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Afon Dulais
The Coastguard telephoned to the Honorary Secretary at 1.15 A.M. on the 8th January that a steamer, which was found later to be the Afon Dulais, of Llanelly, bound for Port Talbot with pig iron, was aground on the Mixon Sands. A light N.N.W....
Beal Abha
Ballycotton, Co. Cork - At 9 a.m.
on 18th December, 1969, a radio distress signal was picked up by the life-boat mechanic that the motor fishing vessel Beal Abha was in difficulties nine miles south east of Ballycotton...
The S.S. Baron Ramsey
Ramsey, Isle of Man.—At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 28th of January, 1957, a message was received from the owners of the S.S. Baron Ramsey, of Ardrossan, that she was lying in Ramsey Bay and had run short of stores because of...
Royal Fern
On the 12th August, while a moderate gale was blowing from the S.S.W., with a rough sea, a telegram was received from the coastguard at Port Cranstal, about a mile south of the Point of Ayre, stating that a vessel was ashore there and that...
An Anson Aeroplane
MAY 11TH. - BARROW, LANCASHIRE.
An Anson aeroplane had been reported down in the sea, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £6 2s..
Lizzie Ellen
The Life-boat Lizzie Ellen was launched on the 12th January to the assistance of a vessel which was being towed into Mount's Bay with a distress signal flying. Before they reached the vessel she anchored, and the steamer which had been...