LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Naval Pinnace (1)
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORT PATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
At 1.10 in the afternoon the coastguard reported to the Girvan lifeboat station that a naval pinnace was flying a distress signal off Ballantrae. The...
The S.S. Dublin
DEC. 19TH. -GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. At 11 A.M. a message was received from the Ballantrae Coastguard that the S.S. Dublin, of Belfast, had stranded on the Breast Rocks near Turnberry, about five miles north of Girvan. A light easterly breeze was...
Liberty
Kirkcudbright. At 12.40 on the after- noon of the 30th of April, 1959, the coxswain was told that the motor fishing vessel Liberty of Ballantrae needed help six miles south-by-east of Little Ross.
The life-boat /. B. Couper...
Five Fishing Boats
MARCH. 8TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. During the morning a strong W.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the fresh water from the flooded river Girvan was making the harbour bar extremely dangerous. Five fishing boats from Girvan and two...
Robine and Consort
On the morning of the 20th February, the motor fishing boat Consort, of Girvan, was seen lying at anchor about five hundred yards north of the harbour. A mod- erate S.S.W. gale was blowing with a rough sea. A watch was kept on the boat, and...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
THURSDAY, 9th January, 1902.
Captain the Hon. JOHN M. YORKE, R.N., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Reported that His Majesty THE KING had...
Category: Committee
A Naval Pinnace (2)
SEPTEMBER 1 0TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE, AND PORT PATRICK, WIGTOWNSHIRE.
At 1.10 in the afternoon the coastguard reported to the Girvan lifeboat station that a naval pinnace was flying a distress signal off Ballantrae. The...
Fishing Boats
Girvan, Ayrshire.-—-On the morning of 8th March, 1939, a strong W.N.W.
wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the fresh water from the flooded river Girvan was making the harbour bar extremely dangerous. Five fishing boats...
A Yacht (2)
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 10.45 on th? night of the 21st of September, 1957, the Portpatrick coastguard telephoned that a small yacht had left Cairnryan that afternoon for Ballantrae but had not arrived, and anxiety was felt for her. The...
The S.S. Margareta
Girvan, Ayrshire, and Campbeltown, Argyllshire.—About five o'clock on the morning of the 22nd of December, 1952, the Portpatrick coastguard tele- phoned the Girvan life-boat station that the S.S. Margareta, of Lovisa, Finland, had run...