LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Cabin Cruiser
Broughry Ferry, Angus.—At 3.47 on the morning of the 30th of June, 1957, the Dundee police telephoned that a cabin cruiser was drifting up the River Tay towards the Tay bridge and was in danger of colliding with the stone piers of the Tay...
An Aeroplane (14)
MAY 26TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
At 10.10 in the morning the police reported that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea opposite Cleveleys Hydro. There was a variable north-east wind and the sea calm.
At...
Obituaries
With deep regret we record the following deaths: JUNE 1990 Mrs Dorothy Rowson, founder secretary of Wainfleet and District ladies guild from 1962 to 1970 when she held the office of treasurer/secretary until she was elected as president in...
Category: Obituaries
An Aeroplane (4)
_ Barry Dock, Glamorganshire.—3rd November, 1939. It had been re- ported that what looked like an aero- plane on fire had fallen into the sea.
A few seconds later a parachute landed in the same position. It was found later...
The S.S. Oscar
WHITBY.—On the 5th January, the Life-boat Robert Whitworth was launched at 10.40 P.M., and rescued the crew, consisting of 22 persons, from the s.s. Oscar, of Leith, which vessel had struck off the Whitby Rocks during thick weather and in a...
TRAPPED IN AN INFERNO
EASTBOURNE | 22 MARCH
Two men in Eastbourne had a lucky escape when their motor cruiser went up in flames. Local fishermen pulled them to safety and used the cruiser’s anchor to prevent it from drifting towards the pier. There was...
Category: Articles
H.M. Trawler Dunraven Castle (1)
JANUARY 29TH. - CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE, AND GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE.
At 7.6 at night a telephone call was received from the naval authorities that H.M. trawler Dunraven Castle had run aground on Iron Rock Ledges, Isle of Arran,...
Fulmar
Stronsay, Orkneys.—At one o'clock on the afternoon of the 15th of December, 1955, a report was received that the local lobster boat Fulmar was at anchor in Huip Sound but that she was in danger of sinking, as there was a very rough sea...
A Canoe
Barry Dock, Glamorganshire. On the afternoon of the 12th of July, 1958, the life-boat Rachael and Mary Evans was launched on exercise, and at 1.45 a canoe taking part in a race from Barry Dock to Weston-super-Mare was seen to capsize one...
A Wellington Bombing Aeroplane (1)
JULY 26TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At about 2.42 in the morning the coastguard reported that an aeroplane had crashed into the sea about a mile north of Cromer, and the No. 1 motor life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 3 A.M.. A moderate...