LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Hassett
Wick, Caithness-shire.—At 1.10 early on the morning of the 18th of Septem- ber, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that the trawler Hassett, of Grimsby, which had a crew of twenty, had gone ashore north-east of Noss Head. At 1.25 the life-boat...
Gardar and Miguel de Larrinaga
MAY 21ST. -WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
The trawler Gardar, of Iceland, had been sunk in collision with the steamer Miguel de Larrinaga, but the latter picked up the majority of the Gardar’s crew, and the lifeboat found only...
When God Comes Home from Sea
The life-boat skims the waters, the moon sails down the sky, The angry wind is blowing and the waves are mounting high; A line of clouds are floating above the ocean's breast, And every geabird falters with a feeling of...
Category: Poetry
H.M. Trawler British
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT YARMOUTH Nov. 14TH. - YARMOUTH, ISLE OF WIGHT. At 8.40 in the evening a message was received at the Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, station that a vessel was ashore off the Brighstone look-out.
A fresh...
Dido
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 3.15 on the morning of the 22nd of August, 1955, the coastguard rang up to say that the fishing boat Dido, of Portreath, which had put out from Portreath the even- ing before with a crew of three, had not returned...
White Lady
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—A routine exercise had been arranged for two o'clock on the afternoon of the 6th of July, 1955, but just before the life-boat put to sea the coastguard reported that the yacht White Lady, of Southwold, which had a...
Rose
Fenit, Co. Kerry. At 1.10 on the after- noon of the 3rd of March, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a small fishing boat was in danger of being driven on to the rocks in upper Tralee Bay. The wind was of gale force from the...
Fishing Cobles (2)
RUNSWICK.—The Margaret and Edward Life-boat put off to the aid of several of the fishing-cobles belonging to this port which had been overtaken by a gale on the 2nd April. The Life-boat remained out two hours, and rendered important service...
French Honour for a Coxswain
ON the 26th of November, 1948, at the Guildhall, St. Ives, Cornwall, the French consul at Southampton presented to Mr. William Peters, former coxswain of the St. Ives life-boat, the Brevet de Chevalier de 1'Ordre du Merite. The ...
Category: Awards