LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Annie, of Westhaven
APRIL 28TH. - BROUGHTY FERRY, ANGUS. At 9.45 at night a message was received from the Carnoustie coastguard station that a fishing boat was in need of help a mile and a half east-south-east of the station. A strong north-west wind was...
Eve
AUGUST 25TH. - EASTBOURNE, SUSSEX.
At 9.42 at night the coastguard reported a message from the Eastbourne Angling Club that one of their boats, the motor boat E v e , was overdue and that another motor boat had been out,...
Euphemia Fullerton
BALLYWALTER, Co. DOWN. — A messenger having brought information at 1.30 P.M. on the 6th February that a vessel was ashore on the north end of the Long Kock, the crew of the Admiral HenryMeynell Life-boat at once assembled, and crowds of the...
The Motor Boats I'll Try and the Edward and Ernest
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At 10.53 A.M. on the 20th November, 1938, several small motor boats with angling parties were out to the north of the harbour. The S. by W. wind was increasing and the sea was getting...
New Ways of Raising Money
The skippers of Aberdeen trawlers who are rewarded by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries for Scotland when they recover tagged fish give their rewards to the R.N.L.I. They direct the Department to send the money to the honorary...
Category: Donations
A cold plunge
When a fisherman fell into a fast ebbing tide, who would hear his cries for help – and what could be done to save him?
After a morning’s shrimp fishing on 29 October 2013, one of Achill’s...
Category: Articles
Notes of the Quarter By the Editor
THE YEAR 1974 began in an atmosphere of gloom and anxiety with industry limited to a three-day week and restrictions on lighting recalling wartime blackouts.
The first month of the year was also one in which there were...
Category: Articles
William, of Carnarvon
On the 29th Oct., 1868, during a hard gale, a smack, which was riding heavily in a danger- ous position outside the roadstead, hoisted a signal of distress. The Cotton Sheppard life-boat was launched, and proceeded out, when it was found...
The S.S. Fawn
The s.s. Fawn, of Liverpool, was seen approaching the mouth of the riverClwyd in a strong gale from the W.S.W., squally weather, and a rough sea on the night of the 31st August. It was afterwards Boticed that she was not making any headway,...
Harkaway, of Yarmouth
Again, on the morning of the 10th May the cutter Harkaway, of Yarmouth, was lost on the Barber Sands. As it was only blowing a fresh breeze, two ordinary beachmen's boats essayed the task of re- moving the crew, but finding, on nearing...