LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eventide
North Sunderland, Northumberland.— On the morning of the 15th of October, 1955, the weather worsened while several fishing boats were still at sea.
By ten o'clock all of them had returned to harbour except the local...
Marie, of Colchester
Early on the morn- ing of the following day, the large Life- boat on the adjoining station of Yarmouth, named the Mark Lane, was called out by signals of distress shown from the brig Marie, of Colchester, which was in a sink-ing state in...
Royal Human Society Award
Anstruther Lifeboat Crew Member Barry Gourlay has received an award from the Royal Humane Society for his rescue of a capsized kayaker on 19 September 2010. Barry was out for a Sunday walk with his wife and daughter when he spotted the man...
Category: Articles
Turkestan
PORTMADOC.—During the forenoon of the 18th February the ship Turkestan, of Liverpool, bound to that port from New York, got ashore near the bar at the entrance to this harbour. It was blowing fresh at S.S.W., with too heavy a sea to admit of...
Happy Wanderer
CABIN CRUISER TAKEN IN TOW Barrow, Lancashire. At 7.20 on the evening of the 6th October, 1962, the Walney lighthouse keeper informed the honorary secretary that red flares had been seen near the Bar buoy. There was a light easterly breeze...
William McCann
Humber: The 100-year-old, 86ft gaff-rigged ketch, William McCann, had run aground at Donna Nook on the night of Saturday November 17, 1984. Her II passengers were lifted off during the night by helicopter while Humber's 54ft Arun class...
Kemrix
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 1.50 early on the morning of the 25th of August, 1961, the coxswain was informed that the motor vessel Kemrix of Hull was anchored a mile and a half north-north-east of Rosslare Harbour with engine trouble....
Francois Marie of Caen
On the 10th November, during a gale at E., the Life- boat Herbert Ingram assisted to save the brig Franfoise Marie, of Caen, and the barque Die Sehwalbe, of Rostock, both of which vessels were in. a greatly distressed condition off Skegness....
Honour
Amble, Northumberland - At 2.35 p.m. on i4th August, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three fishing cobles were in difficulties in South bay. The life-boat Millie Walton slipped her moorings at 2.57 in a strong east...
Yacht's Crew After Rescue By Humber Life-Boat
Yacht's Crew After Rescue By Humber Life-Boat. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs