LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ros Corr
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 12.40 on the afternoon of the 12th of October, 1953.
the Civic Guard at Portmagee reported that the fishing boat Ros Corr, of Dublin, with a crew of six, needed help seven miles north of Bray Head....
Fishing Cobles (1)
In consequence of a dense fog which came on during the morning of the 15th April, when five of the cobles were at sea, their return in the heavy weather was attended with considerable risk.
The Life-boat Bobert and Sarah...
Excelsior
Bridlington, Yorkshire.— On the morning of the 9th of August, 1952, several small motor fishing vessels were at sea, and as the weather was quickly deteriorating the life-boat crew assembled. A strong south- easterly breeze was blowing,...
The Minesweeper Ocean Sunlight
JUNE 13TH. - NEWHAVEN, SUSSEX. At 7.45 P.M. a violent explosion was heard off the harbour. It was the minesweeper Ocean Sunlight which had struck a mine. The weather was fine, with a calm sea and a slight S.W.
wind. At 7.57...
The Four-Masted S.S. Eider, of Bremen (1)
ATHERFIELD, BRIGHSTONE GRANGE, AND BROOKE, ISLE or WIGHT.—On the night of Sunday 31st January, the fourmasted s.s. Eider, of Bremen, 4,719 tons register, bound from New York for Southampton, en route for Bremen, stranded on the reef of rocks...
Out to the Rescue
The Scarborough Motor Life-boat on 24th January, 1937, on her way to stand by fishing-boats. - View image in PDF
(See page 281). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Aileena
Selsey, Sussex.—At 10.0 on the morning of the 28th of August, 1951, a life-boat launcher said he had seen a yacht anchored about three miles off Selsey. She was flying a flag at half mast. There was a steamer near her, but it did not go to...
Naming Ceremonies
EIGHT new motor life-boats have been named during the present year.
Accounts of these ceremonies will appear in the next issue of The Life-boat..
Category: Articles
Please Remember the Rnli
PLEASE REMEMBER THE RNLI Lifeboatmen don't put to sea for pleasure Half the time they're rescuing those who have.
Category: Advertisement
Anabisi
Moelfre, Anglesey. At 11.20 p.m. on 3rd September, 1965, the life-boat Watkin Williams was launched in a north-westerly wind of gale force and a rough sea to go to the assistance of a motor vessel whose engine had broken down five miles...