LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Courier Lerwick
The Life-boat was again afloat on service on the 1st October. On that day the ijHjhooner Courier, of Lerwick, while at anchor in Peterhead Bay, made signals for assistance on the gale increasing from, the eastward. A large pilot-boat put off...
Mystic, of Newport
On the 2nd Jan., 1873, the Princess of Wales Life-boat at this station, in answer to signals of distress, proceeded to the brig Mystic, of Newport, which she leached shortly before midnight.
Previous efforts had been made...
Alicia
Barmouth, Merionethshire.—At2.4 on the afternoon of the 17th of September, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a fishing boat was making heavy weather off Mochras Point, seven miles north of Barmouth. The boat was kept under observation...
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Arranmore, Co. Donegal. At seven o'clock on the evening of the 29th of January, 1961, the honorary secretary was informed that a sick woman on the island was in need of medical treat- ment. As there was no doctor on the island and it was...
Jacqueline Stevenson
Boulmer, Northumberland. At 9.40 a.m. on i6th October, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that one of a small fleet of cobles which were making for shelter in the harbour had been delayed. The sea was moderate with light airs...
A Vessal Called Seierskrandsen
In re- sponse to a message on the 3rd August stating that a vessel was ashore on the Loe Bar, the Life-boat John Francis White was launched at 8.15 P.M. The Life-boat proceeded to the bar and met the men belonging to the stranded vessel in...
Harry Richardson
Caister, Norfolk. At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 19th of October, 1960, the life-boat mechanic noticed a vessel apparently aground on the north end of Scroby Sands. There was a moderate south-easterly wind and sea, and the tide...
Two Golden Weddings of Life-Boatmen at Montrose
Two Life-boatmen of Montrose celebrated their golden weddings at the end of last year, Mr. David Anderson and Mr. George Pert. Both served for many years in the Montrose Life-boats, and are now pensioners of the Institution. Mr.
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Category: Articles
Fairy Glen
Guns and rockets were fired from the Gull and East Goodwin light-vessels at 5 A.M. on the 23rd March, during a strong S.W. wind and a heavy sea. The Bradford Life-boat was towed out by the harbour steam-tug Aid, and found the schooner Fairy...
Mako
Southend-on-Sea, Essex - At 8.25 p.m. on i6th April, 1967, it was noticed that a vessel was flashing a distress signal west of the boom on the Kent side. The life-boat Greater London II (Civil Service No. 30) was launched at 8.59 in a gentle...