LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Golden West
MAY 30TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At noon the coastguard reported that the naval authorities had asked for help for the motor fishing yawl Golden West, of Wick, which was on Admiralty service, with a crew of three, and had...
Maisie
ON THE ROCKS At 1.15 a.m. on nth July, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that he had seen a red flare north of Trevor Point. There was a very rough sea with gale force west-south-westerly winds.
The tide had...
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The Service to the Carmania II
The Stromness Lifeboat is lying off the steamer, and the rope by which the crew were rescued can just be seen over the steamer's stern. - View image in PDF
(Seepage 211.). - View image in PDF
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Pamparo
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 11.58 on the morning of the 4th October, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht appeared to be in difficulties north of the harbour mouth. At 12.4 the life-boat Louise...
S.S. Empire Dorritt, of Glasgow
MAY 11TH. - LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.
At 5.5 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the S.S. Empire Dorritt, of Glasgow, had run aground on Barnard Sands. A light north-easterly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea....
Lt Cdr Brian Miles the Rnli's Director Accepts a Cheque for £250000
Ll Cdr Brian Miles, the RNLI's director, accepts a cheque for £250.000 from Charles Hunter-Pease (left), sales and marketing director for Volvo Concessionaires Ltd.. - View image in PDF
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Eldborg
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—At 9.20 in the evening of the 6th of November, 1948, information was received that the motor trawler Eldborg, of Borgarnes, Iceland, had grounded half a mile south of Ardnamurchan, and the motor life- boat Sir...
Atlantic Coast
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 8.15 on the evening of the 7th July, 1961, the Chief Constable of Yar- mouth asked for the life-boat to meet a ship in the Yarmouth roads and collect a body which had been picked up about five...
Rye Harbour Station Closed In 1928 After the Loss of Mary Stanford and Her Whole Crew of 17 Was Re-Established As An Ilb Station In 1966
Rye Harbour station, closed in 1928 after the loss of Mary Stanford and her whole crew of 17, was re-established as an ILB station in 1966.. - View image in PDF
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