LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Blair Devon, of Glasgow
FEBRUARY 23RD. - TEESMOUTH, YORKSHIRE.
At 12.15 in the afternoon the South Gare Lighthouse telephoned that a vessel was in difficulties 200 yards north-east of the lighthouse. A northerly gale was blowing and the sea was...
Gallilee, Victory and Provider
Whitby, Yorkshire.—The fishing fleet put to sea early in the morning of the llth March, but the weather got bad, and by 11 A.M. all but three boats had returned. A strong east breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea and heavy showers of snow....
Myrtle
Howth, Co. Dublin,—At 2.30 in the afternoon of the 15th of October, 1949, the life-boat R'.P.L. was launched for exercise in a rough sea, with a fresh south-westerly wind blowing, and shortly after noticed a fishing boat one mile east of...
Golf Competitions for the Life-Boats
IN 1931 an appeal was made to the principal golf clubs in Kent, Surrey and Sussex to hold a competition in aid of the Life-boat Service. The Institution offered to present a silver and enamel Spoon as prize (two Spoons being offered if a...
Category: Articles
Photographs Which Capture the True Nature the Weather In Which Lifeboats Operate Are Rare
Photographs which capture the true nature of the weather in which lifeboats operate are rare - but this picture of the Portrush (Ireland Division) Arun Richard Evans (Civil Service No.39) on 13 February 1989 certainly does.
Category: Photographs
Ocean 7 (Wireless Transmitting Station Radio 270)
Bridlington, Yorkshire - At 4.20 p.m. on I5th July, 1967, information was received that a member of the crew of the motor vessel Ocean 7 (Wireless transmitting Station Radio 270) had collapsed and needed medical attention. The lifeboat...
Chris Clements the Windsurfer National Champion
Chris Clements, the windsurfer national champion, won all three races in an open meeting at Alexandra Yacht Club, Southend, on September 13. Clifton Worry, who organised the event, is also a crew member of Southend lifeboat and with nearly... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Louisa Twyzell
Newbiggin, Northumberland.—On the morning of the loth of October, 1955, eight fishing cobles put off to tend their crab pots, but the weather worsened and six of the boats returned. At eleven o'clock the life-boat Richard Ashley was...
Fishing Boats
At about 2 P.M. on the 4th March it was necessary to launch the Life-boat Tlieo- philus Sidney Echalaz for the protection of some of the fishermen in haddock and small crab boats, which were overtaken by a very heavy sea. To approach the |...
Coxswain Greig, of Stromness
Coxswain Robert Greig, of Stromness, in the Orkneys, died on 23rd March at the age of eighty-three. At the age of ten he went to Edinburgh, and became assistant to his uncle, who was a book- seller. After two years of bookselling he went to...
Category: Obituaries