LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Thorsheimer
Walmer, Kent. At 2.12 on the morn- ing of the 8th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a vessel appeared to be aground a mile and a half north-west of the East Goodwin lightvessel. The vessel had made no...
H.M.S. Vortigern (1)
MARCH 15TH. - CROMER, AND SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. On the night of the 14th March and in the morning of the 15th, a convoy was attacked by enemy E-boats.
The E-boats in turn were attacked by destroyers and by H.M.S. Vortigern,...
Linga
Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 3.2 on the afternoon of the 26th of March, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that the motor fishing vessel Linga was in difficulties one mile east of Souter Point. At 3.25 the life-boat Edward...
Cumulus I
Clawing off beach AT 2302 ON FRIDAY December 23, 1977, St Anns Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of St David's lifeboat station that the cargo vessel Cumulus I of Panama bound from Glasgow to Beirut appeared to be in serious...
None (2)
Anger over hoax call Police and Coastguards hit out at a hoax caller after a long sea and air search of Cleethorpes seafront found nothing.
The operation was launched in bitter weather on the night of 25 February after...
RNLI News
Out in the open around the country! Once again the RNLI will be opening its facilities to visitors this year, enabling them to gain a firsthand impression of how the Institution works and the quality of the boats and...
Category: Articles
United States Life-Saving Service
THE United States Government have recently issued their report of their Life- Saving Service for the year ended the 30th June, 1888. From it we learn that at the close of the fiscal year in question there were 222 life-saving stations, 170...
Category: Articles
Fair Festina
Mainsail jammed A MAYDAY distress signal was received by Portland Coastguard at 1709 on Tuesday April 1 from the yacht Fair Festina whose mainsail was jammed.
There was a gale, force 8, blowing from the west and the sea was...
Your Letters
Licencing for sailors? is interesting to speculate on what would happen if we were ever to lose our traditional freedom to go to sea.
Many lifeboat callouts are for seafarers in small craft powered by unreliable outboard...
Category: Correspondence
Wedding Donations
When Douglas and Pamela Smith, owners of the Stromness Hotel in Stromness. got married in November they decided to hold the reception in their own hotel! Already having a plentiful supply of 'candlewick bedspreads, toasters and... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs