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Teesmouth Lifeboat

Date: Autumn 1981

Volume: 48

Issue: 478

Teesmouth lifeboat, the 47ft Watson Sarah Jane and James Season, was on passage to Hanlepool on August 16, 1981. under the command of Coxswain William Carter when she was informed b Tees Coastguard that the motor cruiser Marietta was... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

None (3)

Date: September 1956

Volume: 34

Issue: 377

Stromness, Orkneys.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 5th of June, 1956, a doctor rang up to say he had attempted to visit a patient at Graemsay by fish- ing boat, but because of the rough sea the vessel had had to return to Strom- ness. As it...

Delightful

Date: March 1961

Volume: 36

Issue: 395

Longhope, Orkneys. At 2.45 on the afternoon of the 10th of November, 1960, a south-easterly gale was blowing and the sea was very rough at the mouth of Aith Hope. The bowman of the life- boat and a member of the crew, who jointly owned the...

Success and Provider

Date: 1940

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1940

FEBRUARY 28TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

The fishing fleet was out and all the boats had returned by 1 P.M. with the exception of two, Success and Provider. A strong E.N.E. wind was blowing, with seas breaking three-quarters of...

New craft in north Wales

Date: Spring 2010

Volume: 61

Issue: 591

Criccieth, Gwynedd, is the first RNLI lifeboat station to take delivery of an Arancia inshore rescue boat.

She is on an extended trial to assess her capabilities, and has been called on for a number of rescues, including a...

Category: Articles

Two Rubber Dinghies (1)

Date: 1946

Volume: War Years

Issue: 1946

SEPTEMBER 27TH. - LLANDUDNO, CAERNARVONSHIRE.

At 4.30 in the afternoon the Colwyn Bay police reported two men drifting out to sea on rubber dinghies. A southerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was choppy. The motor...

Borough Arms Dunmere

Date: Winter 1987

Volume: 50

Issue: 499

Money raised on the bottle: Trevor Ramsden (r) honorary secretary, is presented with a cheque for £120 by Ian Bolton, landlord of the Borough Arms, Dunmere, Bodmin who, along with his customers, is a longstanding supporter. The money... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

A Dinghy (4)

Date: December 1962

Volume: 37

Issue: 402

LIFE-BOAT BREAKS ADRIFT AT NIGHT Lytham-StAnne's, Lancashire. During the night of the 29th September, 1962, the Workington life-boat Manchester and Salford XXIX, which was at moorings off Lytham after survey broke adrift and was driven...

Cover Picture

Date: Summer 1973

Volume: 43

Issue: 445

COVER PICTURE l ik bur-h. on the Suffolk coast, has always been famous for its lifeboatmen, the Cable family being particularly remembered. Then there are the Woods. And this quarter's cover is of Coxswain Reuben ood who was... - View image in PDF

Category: Photographs

Alabama

Date: February 1889

Volume: 14

Issue: 151

On the 7th November, the No. 1 Lifeboat Mark Lane was launched at about 5.15 A.M., signals of distress having been seen during a moderate gale, increasing at intervals to a strong gale, from the E.S.E., and a very heavy sea. After a long...