LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Cicely
APRIL 18TH. - PEEL, ISLE OF MAN. At 8.55 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that flares had been seen four miles off Orrisdale Head. A light southerly breeze was blowing with a calm sea.
The motor life-boat...
Mimosa and Oona
AUGUST 28TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN.
At about 4 in the afternoon, the sailing yachts Mimosa and Oona collided in a heavy westerly squall. They were both dismasted and in danger of being driven ashore on the rocks of The Steer...
Fisher Lass, of Douglas
APRIL 16TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN.
While out fishing the fishing smack Fisher Lass, of Douglas, broke her engine shaft, about nine miles south-east-by-east of Douglas Head. The sea was smooth, with a light wind blowing....
Tarka, of Fareham
JULY 30TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 4.52 in the afternoon the Foreland coastguard telephoned that Horse Sand Fort had reported a motor boat flying a flag and drifting eastwards. The motor life-boat Jesse Lumb was launched at 5.10 in a...
The Admiralty Oil Tanker Brichol
Nov. 30TH. - BARRA ISLAND HEBRIDES. At 11.10 A.M. a telegram was received from the Stornoway coastguard that a vessel was ashore on Calavay Island, near Eriskay. A southerly wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. At 11.35...
Notes of the Quarter
THE variety of services performed by life-boats and the variety of vessels which life-boats help have been clearly illustrated during the past quarter.
The first ten services for the month of May, which are recorded on...
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Harriette
NEWQUAY, CORNWALL.—On the 8th August the Life - boat Pendoclc Neale rescued the crew, consisting of two men, of the smack Earriette, of Barnstaple, bound from Swansea for Hayle with coal.
The vessel had gone ashore on the...
Fishing Boats
Early on the morning of the 3rd February the fishing fleet went to sea in fine weather, but about 9 A.M. the sea got up sud- denly and made the approach to the harbour very dangerous for small craft. Most of the boats had returned by then,...
The Fishwives of Cullercoats
THE fishwives of Cullercoats this year collected £207 at the quarterly road exercise and launch of the life-boat, in spite of bad weather. This is £68 more than in 1935 and the record collection. The fishwives have now been...
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A Spitfire Aeroplane
NOVEMBER 30TH. - BARMOUTH, MERIONETHSHIRE.
During the afternoon several Spitfire aeroplanes were flying near Barmouth, and at 3.40 P.M. the life-boat coxswain saw one of them dive into the sea.
Twenty...