LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Bridlington, Yorkshire.—At 6.22 in the evening of the 12th of September, 1949, the coastguard telephoned that the local fishing vessel Felicity was over- due. At 8 o'clock he reported that she could be seen broken down two miles...

HOLYHEAD.—On the 23rd November, at about 3.30 A.M., during a very heavy gale, signals of distress were seen in the bay.

The Life-boat Thomas Fielden was immediately launched, and proceeded in tow of a steamer to the...

During the evening of 3rd November, in a terrific S.W. gale, the s.s. Glaus Horn, of Lubeck, wag driven ashore on the Gaa Bank at the mouth of the river Tay. A telephone message was sent to the Coxswain of the Life-boat Maria, stating that a...

Whitby, Yorkshire. At 12.29 on the afternoon of the 5th of December, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secre- tary and coxswain that the propeller of the motor fishing vessel Whitby Rose had been fouled seven miles north- north-east of...

Amble, Northumberland - At 1.14 a.m. on i5th July, 1967, it was learnt that a sick man aboard the motor vessel Ashdene of Sunderland required urgent medical assistance. The life-boat Millie Walton, with a doctor on board, slipped her...

Wicklow.—At 5.*50 on the evening of the 25th of August, 1951, the Wicklow Head Lightkeeper reported a yacht sounding her siren and driving towards the rocks. At 6.0 the life-boat Lady Kylsant was launched. There was a heavy sea with a strong...

OCTOBER 30TH. - MINEHEAD, SOMERSET.

At about 11.5 A.M. the resident naval officer at Watchet reported an object at sea two miles to the N.E. of Minehead. It was thought that it might be a rubber dinghy as an aeroplane had...

SECOND-COXSWAIN JOHN ROBERTS, of Llandulas, who died in May, 1939, at the age of 77, was second-coxswain of the Llandulas life-boat for 27 years, from 1891 to 1918. On his retirement he was awarded a pension by the Insti- tution. His...