LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Boat, a Racing Dinghy and a Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall. — About six o'clock on the evening of the 25th of August, 1957, the St. Anthony coast- guard reported that a small boat appeared to be in difficulty off St.
Mawes harbour. The life-boat Crawford and...
Magdala
The steamer Mag- dala, of Glasgow, whilst bound from New York to Rotterdam with a cargo of grain, stranded on the Goodwin Sands on the 22nd October. The steamer was a Belgian relief ship. She was seen to strike the sands and the Life-boat...
British Sub-Aqua Club
These men are about to undertake an eight mile underwater snorkel swim along the Tees between Yarm Bridge and the river road, Stockton. They are (I to r) Ian Turner, Bob Dodds, Richard Linton and Derek Saunders.
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Category: Photographs
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: SEPTEMBER 1994 John Jenkins, former coxswain of Dun Laoghaire from 1951 to 1966.
Mrs Vera Buckley, souvenir secretary of Marsden ladies' guild since 1986. She served as...
Category: Obituaries
Rimae
KILDOHAN, ISLE OF ABBAN.—At 6 P.M.
on the 6th October, a vessel was seen flying the signal "I am sinking." The Life-boat Emily Dewar was promptly launched, and found the vessel was the barque Bimac, of Liverpool,...
Dayspring
FRASERBURGH.—On the 15th August about two hundred of the fishing-boats put to sea, but as weather was threatening the remaining six hundred boats did not venture out. Towards night the wind increased until it attained the force of a gale,...
John Scott MBE
John Scott MBE - Former Portrush Chairman and Honorary Secretary.
Category: Obituaries
My Lady
POLISH TRAWLERS GUIDED TO HARBOUR Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland.
On the afternoon of the llth August, 1962, the yacht My Lady of Hartlepool, which had a crew of five, grounded on a sandbank just inside the entrance to...
Thorplie Bank
The ship Thomlie- banlc, of Glasgow—a large vessel of nearly 2,000 tons register—whilst bound from Pisagua to Palmouth with a cargo of nitrate, ran on to the Grim Rocks during foggy weather on the 28th November, The vessel commenced to...
Maritime Book Society (Readers Union)
MARITIME BOOK SOCIETY The No-Nonsense Book Service for Yachtsmen, Racing Enthusiasts and Boat Owners SAIL POWER Everything you need to know about sails: their design, selection, handling, repair, measuring, care and their optimum use in both...
Category: Committee