LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

MONTROSE.—At about half-past six o'clock on the 27th January all the fishing-boats put out to sea in a moderate N.N.E. breeze. At about eight o'clock the wind became very strong and squally, with snow showers and a very heavy eea,...

LIST OF PERSONS on whom the Committee of Management have conferred (prior to 31st December, 1907) the Decoration of the Institution for conspicuous and special services in the Life-boat cause other than actual personal...

Barrow, Lancashire.—At 9.47 on the morning of the 26th of September, 1954, the life-boat motor mechanic noticed that a small fishing boat off Foulney had hoisted a distress signal.

At 10.4 the life-boat Herbert Leigh was...

Barrow, Lancashire.—At 3.15 on the afternoon of the 6th of October, 1955, a message was received from the pier- head at Ramsden dock that the local harbour motor launch Scout, which had a crew of two and which had put off to a dumb dredger...

Southend-on-Sea, Essex. — On the afternoon of the 19th August the signalman reported that two boats were in distress between the pier and-Chapman light, off Canvey Island. A strong S.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea and heavy rain....

On the 8th May, at about half-past five o'clock in the afternoon, the lightkeeper at Scurdyness telephoned that a boat was in danger on the Annat Bank.

The Life-boat Robert Henderson was launched and on nearing the boat...

Barrow, Lancashre. Shipping agents at Heysham telephoned the life-boat motor mechanic at 9 a.m. on i5th June, 1965, to say that the wife of a member of the crew of the Liberian tanker Em Livanos was an expectant mother and needed medical...

During a strong W.S.W. breeze at about 7.30 P.M. on the 21st July a ketch was observed trying to make the harbour; she missed stays, drifted to eastward, and struck the bar just off the east pier. The crew of the Life-boat Michael Henry were...