LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sunwood
Sheringham, Norfolk.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 20th of August, 1957, the Cromer coastguard reported that a vessel, which had broken down near Blakeney Bell buoy, was firing rockets and flying a distress signal. At 11.35 the life-boat...
Scharhorn
Shorehani Harbour, Sussex. At 1.50 on the afternoon of the 7th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a message had been received from Niton radio station that two members of the crew of the motor vessel Scharhorn of...
The No. 2 Pilot Boat (1)
Holyhead, and Moelfre, Anglesey. At 8.20 on the evening of the 23rd of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the assistant honorary secretary at Holyhead that the no. 2 pilot boat, which had gone to the Skerries Rock with fifteen children...
Vivetta and a Naval Cutter of H.M.S. Ganges
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 11.47 on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1950, while racing was in progress, the coastguard transmitted a message re- ceived from the Cork lightvessel. A yacht two to three miles to the north- east, was in...
The S.S. Lyntre
St. Helier, Jersey.—At 6.5 in the morning of the 29th of February, 1952, the harbourmaster reported that the S.S. Lyntre, of Jersey, had wirelessed that she had hit rocks off Noirmont Point, and at 6.25 the life-boat Elizabeth Rippon left...
The S.S. Salerno
Humber, Yorkshire—At about 2.30 A.M. on the 29th August, 1938, a message was received from the Donna Nook coastguard that a vessel five miles S.S.E. was firing rockets. A fresh northerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea, and the weather...
Cover Picture
The cover picture by Richard and Sally Greenhill is of Coxswain William Sheader, aged 49, of Scarborough, Yorkshire, who joined the local life-boat in 1945. He was bowman from December, 1951, to December, 1954, when he became second coxswain... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Osterling
YACHT REFLOATED IN NEAR GALE Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 1.7 on the afternoon of the 9th September, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was aground on the east side of the Wyre Channel abreast of no. 8 buoy, and...
CORRECTION
Mr. J. P. Morris, of Coventry, who is a member of the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society, was quick to spot an inaccuracy in the caption to the photograph of the Workington life-boat which appeared on page 493 of the December, 1968, issue Of...
Category: Articles
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Port St. Mary, Isle of Man - At 10.45 P-m- on 2nd July, 1967, a message was received that medical assistance was required for a sick man working on the building of a new lighthouse on Claf Island. The life-boat R. A. Colby Cubbin No. 2, with...