LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Seafarer II
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 2.50 on the afternooon of the 30th of November, 1958, the coxswain received a message from the honorary secretary of the Bridlington life-boat station that the fishing boat Seafarer II of Bridlington had broken...
Thalassa
Anstruther, Fifeshire. At 1.40 on the afternoon of the 31st of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a boat was flying a distress signal near the North Carr beacon. At 1.50 the life-boat James and Ruby Jackson was...
Ameland
Life-Boat O.N. 70-001. At 12.10 a.m.
on yth February, 1966, the crew of the first seventy foot steel life-boat, anchored in Clovelly roads, intercepted a message on the radio from the German motor vessel Ameland stating...
Juniper
BUMPING BADLY Buckie, Banffshire. At 9 p.m. on I5th March, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a vessel had grounded on the West Mucks. There was a fresh south-easterly breeze with a moderate sea, and a flooding tide. The...
Beal Bourine
UNABLE TO MOVE At 11.45 a-m- on 22nd August, 1964, the life-boat's motor mechanic was told that a motor fishing boat was on the rocks at Guileen in a choppy sea and fresh westsouth- westerly breeze. At 11.55, when the tide was at low...
New Ways of Raising Money
When a life-boat bridge tournament was held recently in a Dublin hotel, several supporters extended the scope of it to neighbouring counties by asking friends to play at tables in their houses.
The players at these tables...
Category: Donations
Search In High Wind
FOR a search carried out in a northwesterly wind of storm force, when a wind speed of over 107 miles per hour was recorded, letters of commendation have been sent to the members of the crew of the St. Helier life-boat and of a Jersey pilot...
Category: Services
A Boat (5)
DECEMBER 25TH. - LOWESTOFT SUFFOLK.
At 3.45 P.M. a man told the life-boat, coxswain that a small boat was in difficulties in the South Roads, and this was reported to the naval duty officer who kept the boat under...
Splendid, of Dublin
On the 12th Sept., during a strong gale of wind, the schooner Splendid, of Dublin, was seen making for Howth harbour in a disabled condition, with her mainsail blown to pieces. She afterwards anchored in a dangerous position near the...
Sea Rhine
Sea Rhine founders AT 0423 ON WEDNESDAY February 11, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Great Yarmouth and Gorleston lifeboat station that a Mayday call had been received from the coaster Sea Rhine whose cargo had shifted,...