LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ina, of Blyth
Blyth, Northumberland. — At about 11.50 A.M. on the 8th December, 1937, it was reported to the coxswain that the motor fishing boat Ina, of Blyth, with a. crew of two, was out fishing.
The weather had got worse since she...
An Aircraft
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—During the night of the 31st March, 1938, the coastguard reported that an aircraft had come down in the sea off Brighton, and was firing Very lights. A light west breeze was blowing, with a slight sea. The motor...
Oceana
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—When off Worthing on the afternoon of the 24th July, 1938, the motor vessel Oceana, of Shoreham, had trouble with her engine. Two ladies on board were taken ashore by a small boat from Worthing and information given...
Florence Baxter
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 9.15 on the morning of the 9th of September, 1953, the harbour authorities telephoned that the motor fishing vessel Florence Baxter was burning a flare off Rossall Point. At 9.25 the life-boat Ann Letitia Russell...
St. Michael
Arklow, Go. Wicklow.—At 6.5 on the evening of the 24th of November, 1953, fishermen reported that a boat had burnt flares north of Arklow harbour.
At 6.30 the life-boat Inbhear Mor was launched. The sea was rough, with a...
Mr. W. W. Harris
BY the death on the 16th of February, 1950, at the age of 73, of Mr. W. W.
Harris, M.B.E., of New Brighton and Liverpool, the Institution has lost one of its most energetic and devoted honorary secretaries. Mr. Harris, who...
Category: Obituaries
A Rubber Dinghy (1)
Rhyl, Flintshire.—At 4.7 in the after- noon, on the 28th of June, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a report received from a holiday camp at Towyn that three men and boys in a rubber dinghy needed help off the camp. At 4.30 the life-boat...
A Sailing Boat (1)
Falmouth, Cornwall.—At 9.45 on the night of the 18th of July, 1950, the police reported that a small boat, with three men aboard, needed help in Fal- mouth Bay. At ten o'clock the life- boat John- and Mary Meiklam of Gladswood, on...
Kantule
Cromarty.—At 10.30 in the morning, on the 3rd of December, 1950, the Wick Radio station telephoned that a vessel, off the Cromarty Sutors had asked for help. At 10.45 the life-boat James Macfee was launched. There was a heavy swell with a...
Mizpah
Stornoway, Outer Hebrides.—At 5.15 in the evening, on the 81 st of January, 1951, a message from the village of Bayble came through the Garrabost Post Office that a fishing boat was in difficulties off Bayble Head. Another fishing boat...