LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Dinghy (7)
Mallaig, Inverness-shire. At 7.52 on the evening of the 17th August, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a 13-feet sailing dinghy was overdue at Isle Ornsay, Skye. It was high water when the life-boat E. M....
Phrontis
Fleetwood, Lancashire.—At 4.45 on the afternoon of the 28th of July, 1954, the police reported that a member of the crew of the local steam trawler Phrontis. which had left for a fishing trip, was ill and that she was returning to Fleetwood....
Services by Life-boats
Services by the Life-boats of the Institution, by Shore-boats and by Auxiliary Rescueboats during 1943 During the year life-boats were launched 411 times. Of these launches 249 were to vessels and aeroplanes in distress through attack by the...
Category: Services
Mary, of South Shields
SCABBOBOTJGH.—During a severe storm on the 28th October, at about 9.30 A.M., the brig Mary, of South Shields, in trying to make the harbour, was driven by the wind and heavy sea on the shore. The Life-boat Lady Leigh was launched, and, after...
Guernsey Ladies' Guild Has Its Own 'Lifeboat' a Mobile Souvenir Stall Which Attracts Great Interest Wherever She Goes Roger Wood Designed Lady Goodwill and Built Her With
Guernsey ladies' guild has its own 'lifeboat', a mobile souvenir stall which attracts great interest wherever she goes. Roger Wood designed Lady Goodwill and built her with the help of other lifeboat supporters; materials were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Envermeu
— The Life-boat Charles and Susanna Stephens was launched shortly before 4 A.M. on the 24th December to the assistance of the steamer Envermeu, of London, which stranded on the Goodwin Sands whilst bound to the Tyne in ballast. When the Life...
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Penlee, Cornwall. — At 12.40 in the afternoon of the 7th of June, 1948, the Porthleven coastguard telephoned that a man was in the sea, shouting for help, eight hundred yards east of Porthleven pier. The motor life-boat W. and...
Winner
Mallaig, Inverness-shire.—About 12.30 in the afternoon, on the 24th of Sep- tember, 1950, the police reported that the local fishing boat Winner, with a crew of three, was fifteen hours overdue.
All coastguards were...
Incentive
Girvan, Ayrshire.—About nine o'clock on the night of the 27th of February, 1956, the police reported that the fishing boat Incentive, of Dunure, had sent a radio message that she had lost her rudder and was lying at anchor about two and...
Pilot Me
LAUNCH TO MOTOR FISHING VESSEL IN GALE Whitby, Yorkshire. At 11.45 on the morning of the 31st May, 1962, the coxswain reported that because of the bad weather the whole of the local fishing fleet had returned early with the exception of the...