LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Gundine
LIFE-BOATS SMOTHERED IN OIL Stromnest, and Longbope, Orkneys.— At 7.34 in the morning of the 24th of August, 1947, the Kirkwall coastguard telephoned to the Stromness life-boat station that the Norwegian tanker Gundine, of Arendal, was...
Kia Ora
— The motor life-boat White Star was launched at 9.15 P.M. on the 27th July, as the coastguard had telephoned that a motor fishing boat was in distress about eighty yards oft the rocks E.S.E. of Kemmaes Head. A moderate N. wind was blowing....
Farmers stranded
12 February: Clifden Four experienced fish farmers were working at the mouth of Clifden Bay in Galway when a storm left them stranded and they called for assistance. The Clifden inshore lifeboat rode through huge...
Category: Articles
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
JULY 4TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 2.15 P.M. the Ramsgate naval base asked the life-boat crew to stand by from 3 P.M.
This they did. An hour later they were asked to go out to a rubber dinghy reported to be off Birchington with...
Two Sailing Boats
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At 6.40 on the evening of the 3rd of July, 1954, the life-boat Dunleary II had reached her station again after towing in the motor boat Phoenix. She then learnt that two sailing boats, each with a crew of two, had...
R/T Distress Procedure Changes
R/T procedure changes THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE modifications introduced in the new edition of the Handbook for Radio Operators should be noted: Control of distress traffic: The word 'PRUDENCE' (pronounced PRU-DONCE) has been...
Category: Articles
Philorth
The steam trawler Philorth, of Dundee, left Dundee Harbour at 1.30 A.M. on the 18th March, bound for the fishing grounds, and at 3.45 she was seen from Arbroath Harbour to run on to the rocks about one mile to the eastward, and make signals...
Neptunia
Longhope, Orkneys, and Thurso, Caithness- shire.— On the 21st February the French trawler Neptunia ran aground, and her crew of forty-one were rescued by the Longhope lifeboat.
The Thurso life-boat was also...
Happy Returns
Newhaven, Sussex.—At 8.21 on the morning of the 2nd of June, 1951, the coastguard passed on the news that a Trinity House vessel had, through Newhaven Radio, reported the East- bourne fishing vessel Happy Returns disabled by an engine...
Eastbourne October 21 1986:
Eastbourne, October 21, 1986: heavy rain and a strong south-westerly force 8 wind greeted guests at the handing over and dedication ceremony of Eastbourne's new 16ft D class inflatable lifeboat. At 2.30 pm the ceremony began at the site... - View image in PDF
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