LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lady Mary
IRVINE.—On the 6th October the schooner Lady Mary, of Irvine, went ashore near the entrance of that harbour, in a strong south-westerly gale, and hoisting signals of distress, the Life-boat, the Isabella Frew, proceeded to her through aheavy...
Santa Gata and Norwegian Tanker Realf (1)
DEC. 1ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK, AND THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after 7 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel standing by two and a half miles north of the life-boat station wished to land a rescued crew. A westerly...
Baldur
KINGSDOWN, KENT.—At 9.20 A.M. on the 13th April signals were fired by the South Sands Head Light-vessel indicating that a vessel was in distress on the Goodwin Sands. The crew of the Life-boat Charles Hargrave were quickly mustered and the...
The S.S. Windsor Queen
Amble, Northumberland.—In the late afternoon of the 21st of July, 1948, the coastguard reported that the s.s. Wind- sor Queen, of London, which was off Coquet Island, had an injured man on board, and the motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on...
Onoway
Flamborough, Yorkshire. At 7.30 on the evening of the 29th of September, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a small motor boat appeared to have broken down off Flamborough Head. At 7.55 the life- boat Friendly Forester was...
When the Aberdeen Trawler Juniper Ran Ashore on 19th February, 1967 the Aith Life-Boat Rescued the Crew
When the Aberdeen trawler Juniper ran ashore on 19th February, 1967, the Aith life-boat rescued the crew. Special awards were made to the life-boat crew (page 208).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Ketches Progress, John and Ann, Dolphin, and Martha Jane
FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALES.—On the morning of the 24th March, a whole galeblew from the N.E. with heavy squalls of sleet, and the sea was very heavy. At 9.55 signals of distress were shown by vessel at anchor in the bay, and the crew of the Life...
The S.S. Wexfordian
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—On the afternoon of the 8th March it was learned that the s.s. Wexfordian, of Wexford, which had been aground on South Dogger Bank since the 29th February, was in need of help. A strong N.E. by E. breeze was...
An Aeroplane
Sheringbam, Norfolk.—On the 27th March, at the request of the Chief Constable of Bedfordshire, the motor life-boat Foresters Centenary put out to search for the Duchess of Bedford who, some days before, had set out on a short trip by...
A K.L.M. Constellation Aircraft (1)
On the 14th-15th of August, 1958, the Fenit and Galway Bay life-boats carried out a long and unsuccessful search for survivors of a K.L.M.
Constellation aircraft, which had crashed into the sea. An account of their search...