LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Hero, of Scarborough
On the 9th December the Ann Maria, Life-boat was launched from this place, and saved 6 men from the Hero, of Scarborough, which had run ashore disabled by a westerly gale..
A Trawler
Hastings, Sussex - At 7.20 a.m. on I3th July, 1967, it was learnt that the Bexhill police had reported a trawler in difficulties half a mile off the De La Warr pavilion. The life-boat Fairlight was launched at 7.40 in a light northerly...
Portrait of a Coxswain
THE photograph shows Coxswain Peter Smith of Bembridge, Isle of Wight. He was appointed on the ist January, 1956, and previously served as second coxswain from March, 1954, to Decem- ber, 1955. Since he became a member of the crew in March... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H.M. Trawler Marjory Hastie
FEBRUARY 20TH. - TYNEMOUTH, AND CULLERCOATS, NORTHUMBERLAND.
At 8.13 in the morning the honorary secretary at Tynemouth had a telephone call from the Port War Signal Station that one of H.M. trawlers had struck a mine...
A Fishing Boat (4)
Boulmer, Northumberland.—16th November, 1938. A fishing boat, which had had trouble with her lines, was late in returning, but she got in unaided.— Rewards, £9 10s..
Lady Tollemache
Lady Tollemache, joint donor with her late husband, Major General Sir Humphry Tollemache, of the Eastbourne D class lifeboat The Humphry and Nora Tollemache..
Category: Obituaries
Lost crew remembered
Wreaths were laid to mark the 50th anniversary of the Broughty Ferry lifeboat disaster on 8 December.
Eight crew members lost their lives while going to the aid of the North Carr lightship off St Andrew’s Bay. They were...
Category: Articles
Wheal Geevor
Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At 10.30 a.m. on ist July, 1965, the motor boat Wheal Geevor was reported to have struck a rock three quarters of a mile west of Cape Cornwall. Her crew of seven were baling water. There was a light northeasterly...
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At 3.15 p.m. on ist February, 1966, the local doctor informed the honorary secretary that he had a patient on Inishere Island suffering from acute appendicitis, who required immediate hospital treatment, and that no other suitable boat was...
Longhope Memorial Unveiled
A memorial to the crew of the Longhope, Orkney, life-boat who lost their lives on the night of 17th March, 1969, when their boat capsized in severe weather conditions, was unveiled in Osmondwall cemetery by Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother...
Category: Articles