LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lord Essendon
Lerwick, Shetlands.—At 1.40 on the morning of the 9th of January, 1957, the coastguard reported that the steam trawler Lord Essendon, of Hull, with a crew of twenty, was ashore at Ham Bressay. The life-boat Lady Jane and Martha Ryland was...
Meteor
BROADSTAIRS, KENT.—The ketch Meteor, of London, bound for Dunkirk with a cargo of pitch, had her mainsail and jib blown away in a south-westerly gale on the 3rd May when about two miles from the South Foreland. In response to her signals of...
Diana
BRIDLINGTON, February 1, 1988: a southerly gale to strong gale force 9 and the trawler Diana with three men aboard had been dodging the seas off Flamborough Head since the early hours of the morning. At 1530 the coastguard reported that she...
Tilda
Dungeness, Kent.—At 12.32 on the early morning of the 27th of November, 1950, the Lade coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground half a mile west of Jury's Gap. At 12.42 the life- boat Charles Cooper Henderson was launched in a...
An Aeroplane (31)
SEPTEMBER 6TH. - HASTINGS AND EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX. At 12.40 in the afternoon information was received from the coastguard and the police that an aeroplane was down in the sea. A fresh W.S.W. wind was blowing, with a moderate sea. The...
A Rowing Boat
At 2.56 p.m. on 3rd September, 1966, a rowing boat was reported in danger two miles north of the boathouse. Four minutes later the life-boat Watkin Williams was launched in a rough sea and a strong south westerly wind. It was one hour after...
Alroyd
On the 22nd February, during a whole W.S.W. gale, accompanied by thunder and lightning, the Assistant Coxswain of the Life-boat saw a vessel caught in a squall, her sails blown away and her foretopmast stay carried away. As the vessel...
Xmas Morn
TRAWLER GROUNDED Howth, Co. Dublin. At 6.21 a.m. on 23rd March, 1965, the Baily lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that the 60 foot trawler Xmas Morn of Howth had grounded on Skerries Island inside Rockabill. At 6.50 the...
Books
Books Never turn back: The RNLI since the Second World War By Ray and Susannah Kipling Published by Sutton ISBN 0750943076 Price: £19.99 hardback While the RNLI’s status as a lifesaving charity has remained firm, the Institution has...
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Tijl Uilenspiegel (4)
Six lifeboats in search for missing Belgian trawler The new Tyne class lifeboat at Douglas, Isle of Man, had a testing time during her first service, in a search for a missing Belgian trawler which lasted for 11 hours in Force 7 winds and...