LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Falcon
On the night of the 23rd February the ketch Falcon, of Cardiff, came to anchor in St. Bride's Bay, off Broadhaven, about half a mile from the shore, and very shortly afterwards a N.W. gale sprang up. The vessel being on a lee shore, was...
A Small Boat (1)
At 6 P.M. on the 4th January a message was received from the Postmaster of Marloes, through the Coastguard, that a small boat was drifting in St. Bride's Bay. The occupants of the boat were the owner of Skomer Island and another man, who...
Tuanjim
TOWED TO HOWTH At 5.45 p.m. the next day, the harbour master told the coxswain, in the honorary secretary's absence, that the cabin cruiser Tuanjim was aground on the rocks at Ireland's Eye. The tide was ebbing and would soon be at...
Kind Knight
Workington, Cumberland. — At nine o'clock on the morning of the 20th of November, 1956, a message was received from the master of the Nor- wegian vessel Varangbcrg that he had taken the motor vessel Kind Knight, with a crew of four, in...
Adour
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 3.30 on the after- noon of the 18th of July, 1957, the Deal coastguard telephoned to say a tanker was aground on the Goodwin Sands. At 3.45 the life-boat Michael and Lily Davis put out in a moderate sea. There was a...
Norwegian Cruising
Recently my wife and I had the privilege of taking the Norwegian coastal voyage - a round trip from Bergen to Kirknes, near the Russian border with Norway, and back. This was a truly wonderful experience and one that I could recommend to... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A High Speed Launch
JANUARY 13TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 1.30 in the morning the Wick coastguard telephoned that a high speed launch was ashore at the Beacon, the southwest point of Stroma. The weather was calm and the sea smooth. The motor...
Fishing Cobles (1)
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 2.20 on the afternoon of the 4th April, 1961, the honorary secretary noticed that three local fishing cobles appeared to be in difficulties. At 2.45, when the life- boat Clarissa Langdon was launched, there was a...
Fishing Vessels
MCH. 15TH. - EYEMOUTH, BERWICKSHIRE.
During the morning several fishing vessels were returning to harbour. A heavy sea was running in the bay, and the motor life-boat Frank and William Oates was launched at 9.45 A.M. in...
An Oil Tanker
JULY 27TH. - FALMOUTH, CORNWALL.
Two steamers had been in collision in the morning, one an oil tanker which had caught fire. Ten of her crew lost their lives. The other twenty-four had been rescued by another steamer. At 8...