LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Portrait on the Cover
THE portrait on the cover is of Cox- swain James Wilson of St. Abbs, who first joined the St. Abbs crew in 1947.
He was assistant mechanic from 1951 to 1953, when he was appointed cox- swain. Since he joined the crew...
Category: Articles
EX-COXSWAIN HARRY LLOYD JONES
The death has taken place of ex-Coxswain Harry Lloyd Jones, formerly of Barmouth, Merionethshire, who took part in several daring rescues in Cardigan Bay. He was 70, and 12 years of his long service with the life-boats was spent as...
Category: Obituaries
Surf Motor Life-Boats. An Experimental Type
THIS year two motor life-boats of a new, experimental type have been com- pleted and stationed one at Wells, Norfolk, and the other at Ilfracombe, Devon. They are a surf type, and are 2J tons lighter than the light 35 feet 6 inches...
Category: Articles
Ross
Port St. Mary, Isle of Man.—On the morning of the 26th May the motor vessel Ross, of Newcastle-on-Tyne, bound from Glasgow to Liverpool, ran on the rocks on the north side of the Calf of Man. She had a crew of twenty-six, seven passengers,...
The S.S. Greyfriars
Flamborough, Yorkshire.—On the evening of the 25th January a message was received from Flamborough Head signal station that a vessel in Selwick Bay was sounding SOS. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, with a moderate swell. The weather was...
Sarah Ross
Peterfcead, Aber^eenshire.—At 12.30 A.M. on the 26th August, 1939, a message was received from the relatives of two men on board the motor fishing boat Sarah Ross, of Peterhead, that they were overdue. A light N.W. breeze was blowing, with a...
Thomas L. Devlin
Anstruther, Fifeshire.—At 5.52 on the evening of the 8th of December, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that the steam trawler Thomas L. Devlin, of Granton, had gone ashore at North Carr. At 6.10 the life-boat James and Ruby Jackson was...
British Rover
Tynemouth, Northumberland. At 8.20 on the evening of the 23rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tanker British Rover, anchored two miles from the Tyne north pier, had a very sick man on board who ought...
Lecko
Teesmouth, Yorkshire.—At 9.20 on the morning of the 24th of September, 1956, South Gare coastguard tele- phoned that a vessel was aground near the look-out. She was not in any immediate danger. At 10.30 the life- boat John and Lucy...
Tarbeck
Eastbourne, Sussex. At ten minutes after midnight on the morning of the 9th of August, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a collision had occurred near the RoyalSovereign lightvessel and that one of the ships involved, the...