LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 7.20 on the evening of the 1st of September, 1958, the coxswain received a message that a fishing boat had been in collision with the trawler Strathdon off Peter- head. The motor fishing vessel Wave Sheaf was...

MR. DAVID EVANS, who is second mate of the tanker Pass of Balmaha, has been presented with a gold watch and scroll by the Bulk Oil Steamship Co. Ltd., in recognition of his gallantry in diving overboard while the ship was in the Firth of...

Walton and Frinton, Essex. At 3.21 on the afternoon of the 27th of May, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a fishing boat was anchored about a quarter of a mile east of the Medusa buoy and that a fisherman was standing...

Lifeboat station histories The History of the Penmon and Beaumaris Lifeboats by Jeff Morris published by the author The northern end of the Menai Straits is one of the areas where changing times and use of the sea has led to considerable...

Berwick-on-Tweed, Northumberland.

—When attempting to enter Berwick Harbour during the afternoon of the 28th of August, 1952, the steam drifter Ugie Vale, of Peterhead, with a crew of nine, went aground on some rocks just...

DURING the past six years the Institution has placed Motor Caterpillar Tractors at a number of Stations, where they have been successfully used, instead of horses, for launching Lifeboats off flat sandy beaches, but they are not suitable for...

JULY 18TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 11.7 at night the Brixham coastguard reported that the Torquay police had received a 999 telephone call which said that a whistle had been heard from a boat apparently in distress half a mile east of Roundham...

Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire.—At 10.30 on the morning of the 9th of August, 1952, the life-boat mechanic reported that a small sailing yacht appeared to be anchored a quarter of a mile to the east of the harbour entrance and was making signals...