LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
William
On the afternoon of the following day, the No. 2 Life-boat was again launched and rescued 12 men, including the crew of the dandy William, of London, which was wrecked on the North Scroby Sand, and 6 beachmen who had gone on board to try to...
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SICK MAN TAKEN FROM ISLAND Islay, Inner Hebrides. At 11.50 on the morning of the 18th March, 1963, the medical officer for the Isle of Colonsay informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient suffering from a gastric perforation...
Trial
, Co. BOWK. — Signals of distress were observed at 4 A.M. on the 23rd October in the direction of the Oeean Bock. The wind was blowing from SAW., the weather was thick and stormy, and the sea rough. The crew of the Life-boat Admiral Henry...
A Life-Boat In Silk
One of the earlier of the silk pictures made in the middle of the 19th century. The original belongs to Mr. E. H. Galletly, Hyde, Cheshire.. - View image in PDF
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Stephen Whittle
The photograph of Coxswain Stephen Whittle at the head of the page was taken by Peter Hadfield. In the background is Dunmore East Harbour with the 44ft Waveney lifeboat St Patrick at her moorings.. - View image in PDF
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New Quay, Cardiganshire.—At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 17th of July, 1955,the life-boat coxswain reported that ten people were marooned on the rocks a mile and a half to the west of New Quay. Ten minutes later the life-boat St. Albans was...
Noel II, Golden Gate, Venus, Galilee, Lady Kitchener, et al
The fishing fleet put to sea early on the morning of the 4th February. At about 1 P.M., on 'the flowing tide, the sea made rapidly, and conditions became dan- gerous for the boats. The motor life- boat Margaret Marker Smith was launched...
Sunbeam
On the 24th October the dandy Sunbeam, of Lowestoft, bound on a fishing voyage, grounded on the South Scroby Sand, in a moderate S. by W. gale, and a very heavy sea. A steam-tug was in the vicinity at the time, but finding herself unable to...
Evelina
LTTHAM, LANCASHIRE.—The Charles Biggs Life-boat was launched at 12.30 P.M. on the 5th November, in reply to signals of distress shown by the flat Evelina, of Euncorn, bound from Douglas, Isle of Man, to Euncorn with a cargo of railway iron....
A Motor Pinnace belonging to Yacht Westward
Soutbend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the night of the 22nd May a message was received from the watchman at the pierhead that a motor pinnace, belonging to the schooner yacht Westward, which was anchored off the pier, was drifting rapidly to the west...