LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Number of Fishing Drifters Including The West Neuk
MAY 16TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
During the morning a number of fishing drifters were in the bay waiting to enter the harbour. A north-east gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea at the harbour mouth, and the tide was...
Tour de Tendring
The 10th Tour de Tendring cycle ride was enjoyed by around 1,000 participants on 19 May 2002. Cyclists of many different ages and levels of fitness gathered in northeast Essex to attempt to complete one of three routes: 20 miles for the... - View image in PDF
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Gwen
At 2.20 p.m. on 3rd December, 1968, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Gwen with two men on board, which had sailed from Maryport at noon the previous day bound for Workington, had not arrived. At 2.30...
Elizabeth
TENBY.—The trawler Elizabeth, of Tenby, which was lying at anchor while a whole gale was blowing from the N.N.B., with a very heavy sea, on the 18th November, hoisted a signal of distress as her anchor was dragging. At 11 A.M., the Life-boat...
Aileena, of Glasgow
JUNE 5TH. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At eleven in the morning the Castletown coastguard reported a small yacht in Derbyhaven Bay flying a signal. A later message said that she had lost her small boat and that her cable had parted. A...
St. Peter Port Inaugural Ceremony
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A Motor Boat
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—At 11.49 on the night of the 7th of August, 1953, the police reported that eight people had left Groomsport in a motor boat at six o'clock and had been due back at 9.30. As they were still missing, the life-boat Sir...
Lapwing
Plymouth, Devon. At 1.10 on the afternoon of the 23rd of March, 1958, the Queen's harbour master informed the coxswain that the coaster Lapwing, of London, was drifting out of control with engine failure six to seven miles...
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MARCH 18TH. - NORTH SUNDERLAND, NORTHUMBERLAND. An explosion had been heard at sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £13..
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