LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy
Aberdeen - At 11.39 p.m. on 2nd March, 1968, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that an outboard dinghy with four people on board which had left Stonehaven at 7.30 was overdue. At 12.20 a.m.
as none of the...
Sunlit Waters
Plymouth, Devon - At 12.20 p.m. on i6th February, 1967, a large open fishing boat was reported to be wallowing heavily and making no progress about three quarters of a mile off the fog station. No distress signals had been seen but there was...
Dunedin
Shortly after 9 P.M. on the 29th April a steamer was observed ashore about a mile to the north-west of Rhosneigir, and, as there was a heavy ground swell and the steamer was on a dangerous reef of rocks, the Life-boat Thomas LingJiam was...
James Postelthwaite
— The schooner James PostletJiwaite, of Barrow, whilst bound for Burton Port in ballast, stranded on the north side of Eighter Island, on the 15th June. Information reached Aranmore by telegram about 2.15P.M., and the Life-boat, La Totitam,...
Indorita (1)
Clogher Head, Co. Louth; and Howth, Co. Dublin. At 10.44 on the morning of the 11th of February, 1960, the honorary secretary at Clogher Head received a mes- sage from Valentia radio that the motor vessel Indorita of Liverpool needed help...
Sophia
DUNBAR, N.B.—On the 27th February, at about 8 A.M., a small vessel was seen riding at anchor in comparatively shallow water, with a signal of distress flying, about five miles E. of Dunbar. The Lifeboat Wallace put off to her assistance, and...
Enterprise
Stromness, Orkneys. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 13th of March, 1959, the assistant motor mechanic told the honorary secretary that he had heard the motor fishing vessel Enterprise calling for help on his radio.
A Foregin Ship
A foreign ship was observed in a perilous position off this place, during a heavy S.S.W. gale, on the 3rd January, 1869, and on her hoisting signals of distress, the life-boat Birmingham put off with the promptitude and skill which...
Mrs Joyce Dixon MBE JP
Mrs Joyce Dixon MBE JP - Former Keyworth branch Chairman and twice Rushcliffe Mayor.
Category: Obituaries
Annie
WEXFORD.—While a moderate gale was blowing from W.S.W., with a rough sea and showers of hail, on the 3rd March, the fishing-yawl Annie, of Wexford, was observed stranded on the S. side of Wexford Bar, with the seas breaking over...