LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Commader
At 9 P.M. on the 27th January a messenger reported that a vessel was ashore on a dangerous reef at Rotheeholm Head. Owing to the darkness and the S. by E. gale which was ragingj it was not possible to learn any further particulars about the...
Fanny
The ketch Fanny, of Bideford, stranded on the Leys Reef, off Green Lane Cove, on the even- ing of the 23rd July, during a thick fog. Information reached the Life-boat authorities between 9 and 10 o'clock, and the Life-boat Admiral Sir...
Luffness
Aberdeen. On the morning of the 21st of January, 1958, the steam trawler Luffness, of Granton, went aground at the north pier. She was badly holed and her crew had decided to leave her.
At 10.45 the life-boat Hilton Briggs...
A Canoe
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. On the afternoon of the 12th of July, 1958, the life-boat Rachael and Mary Evans was launched on exercise, and at 1.45 a canoe taking part in a race from Barry Dock to Weston-super-Mare was seen to capsize one...
Taiseer
St. Ives, Cornwall. At 10.5 on the evening of the 17th of August, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the yacht Taiseer, which was anchored at the entrance to St.
Ives harbour, was making distress...
A Speed Boat
At 9.9 p.m. on igth June, 1967, news was received that a speed boat had capsized about 200 yards off the East Terrace breakwater. The life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott, which was on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings at...
Youghal:
Youghal: Mr Patrick Lineham, chairman of Youghal branch welcomes guests on Sunday July 14, 1985 to the dedication of the station's Atlantic 21 lifeboat, Marjory Turner, the first of her class to be stationed in Ireland. She was the gift... - View image in PDF
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Commander Nasmith
SEPT. 7TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 10 P.M. the life-boat station was informed by the coastguard that the steam trawler Commander Nasmith was ashore on the north side of Stroma. A later message said that the vessel was...
Brazilian
The schooner Brazilian of South Shields, whilst bound from that port to Stornoway with a cargo of coal, became windbound and lay in Longhope Bay for some days.
A change in the wind enabled her to proceed on her voyage, but...
Children's Friend
ANOTHER FISHING BOAT BROKEN DOWN Boulmer, Northumberland. — About noon on the 26th of December, 1947. a fishing boat, three miles to the south- east of Boulmer, was seen to hoist a signal of distress and the motor life- boat Clarissa Langdon...