LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Girl Christian and Minehead Angler
Escort LAND'S END COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of Padstow lifeboat station at 0150 on Thursday October 16, 1980, that the fishing vessel Girl Christian was reported to be in difficulties four miles north of Trevose Head.<...
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FEBRUARY 3RD . - LERWICK, SHETLANDS.
At about 2.30 P.M. information was received from a resident at Bresay Island that two of his sons had gone across to Noss Island about twelve days before to look after sheep. On account...
St Lawrence of Liverpool
On the 20th September in- telligence was brought to Southport that a vessel was on shore on the Salthouse Bank,at the entrance to the River Ribble. The life- boat was at once launched, and in 2i hours reached the wreck, which was found to be...
Captain J B Leworthy
Captain J. B. Leworthy who joined the Committee of Management in 1974and was elected a vice-president in 1983. He was a member of the executive, establishment, finance and investment committees and had recently taken over as chairman of the...
Category: Obituaries
(Left) Jon Jones.
while (left) Jon Jones. The Lifeboats Editorial Assistant dispenses ballooons between stints on the Information and Storm Force desks. Jon took a lot of the pictures on this page too, but he doesn't get a 'credit' as he works for... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Some Ways
Mrs. B. E. Ragg, of Kenilworth, is 76 years old and during the four days of the Royal Show last year collected nearly £160. Considering that the weather throughout the show was extremely hot, for a 76-year-old collecting for Jive or six...
Category: Donations
Ann and Catherine
At midnight, on the 25th of July last, the smack, Ann and Catherine, of Barmouth, stranded on the bar off that place, the wind blowing a gale from W. S. W. at the time. At 2 A.M. the Barmouth life- boat, belonging to the National Life-boat...
Pioneer
PETEBHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE.—While the Coxswain of the Life-boat George Pickard was working in the Life-boat house during the afternoon of the 1st April, information was brought him that a vessel had gone ashore at Scotston Head. After...
Harriet
Fleetwood, Lancashire - At 2.10 a.m. on I4th August, 1966, red flares were noticed in the Wyre channel. The life-boat Ann Letitia Russell was in Ferry dock and proceeded at 2.15 in a strong north north westerly gale and a very rough sea. It...
Alva Bay
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 2.54 on the afternoon of the 25th of October, 1953, the coastguard tele- phoned that the tanker Alva Bay, of London, which was .one mile south-east of Mumbles Head, had reported that she had a very sick man on...