LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Clarissa
Hoylake, Cheshire.—At six o'clock in the evening of the 12th of April, 1952, the life-boat motor mechanic told the coxswain that a vessel was on the West Hoyle Bank. The coxswain told the Formby coastguard and kept watch on her. She made...
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SICK MAN TAKEN OFF TUG Penlee, Cornwall. At 11.30 on the night of the 3rd December, 1962, it was reported that the tug Ocean Bull, which was towing the bow section of a tanker to Bilbao from Glasgow, was approaching Mounts Bay and had a sick...
Mr. J. G. Oldfield, of Whitehaven
Mr. J. G. Oldfield, of Whitehaven, Cumberland, who died in May, was the Honorary Secretary of the Whitehaven Station from 1890 to 1925, when it was closed. Since then he has been the Honorary Treasurer of the Financial Branch. In...
Category: Obituaries
Yachts and Dinghies (2)
A combination of fair weather and thunderstorms made for a particularly busy weekend for the RNLI in May 2005. In two days, RNLI crews launched more than 75 times and rescued around 100 people On 7 May sailors were caught out by strong winds...
Mild and Bitter
Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 6.28 on the evening of the 24th of March, 1959, the police were informed that the sailing dinghy Mild and Bitter had capsized in the bay and that two people were in the water. The honorary secretary and...
Silver Quest (3)
Five lifeboats in long search for lost fishermen Newcastle, Co. Down's, Oakley class lifeboat Jane Hay and Portaferry's Atlantic 21 Blue Peter V took part in long searches for the two crewmen from a fishing boat Silver Quest which...
Just in time
Beaumaris lifeboat was called out to a mayday on 25 May.
A 7m boat had a rope caught around her propeller. Without power, she was drifting fast – when the lifeboat arrived on scene she was just 3m away from the rocks off...
Category: Articles
Paris
Fire aboarcLSpanish cargo vesselLifeboats and their crews are often called on to work with the other emergency services and that includes the Fire Service when their work takes them beyond the range of their land-bound...
Richmond Castle
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 7.15 P.M.
on the 30th January, 1938, the harbourmaster reported that a vessel between Monifieth and Lady Buoy, in the mouth of the Tay, was firing distress signals.
A S.W. breeze...
Achroite
TRAWLER BREAKS FROM MOORINGS IN STRONG GALE Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 1.5 on the afternoon of the 5th February, 1963, Ilfracombe radio station informed the honorary secretary that the principal keeper of the Tuskar Rock lighthouse...