LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Yacht (3)
THREE SAVED FROM YACHT IN GALE Humber, Yorkshire. At six o'clock on the morning of Sunday the 18th of August, 1963,the Spurn Point coastguard told the coxswain superintendent that a yacht on passage from Spurn to Bridlington was overdue....
Two Fishing Cobles
Two fishing-cobles, with three men in each, were observed making for this harbour at 2.30 P.M. on the 15th April.
A strong E. gale had suddenly sprung up, causing a heavy sea on the bar, and the boats were in great danger...
Jubilee Fix It!
Jubilee Fix it! Last year was an important year for the Scarborough Ladies' lifeboat guild as they celebrated their Diamond Jubilee. The spring bank holiday was packed with fund raising activities including a festival of flowers held at... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Recovery position
Sunderland’s Atlantic 85 Wolseley is shown being recovered by davit on 15 November 2008. Her shout turned out to be a false alarm with good intent. A member of the public had reported a fishing boat in difficulty to the Coastguard but when...
Category: Articles
Emilie
PADSTOW, CORNWALL. — On the 7th April, a strong gale from N.W. was experienced, accompanied by a heavy sea, and by rain squalls at intervals. At about 3.50 P.M., information having been received by means of the telephone, that a vessel was...
A Commercial Fishing Vessel
Man clinging to mast THE HONORARY SECRETARY of YoUghal lifeboat station received a telephone call from the Gardai at 1745 on the evening of Wednesday August 1, 1984.
They had been informed by a passer-by that a commercial...
Ex-Coxswain William Brown, of Cresswell
Ex-coxswain William Brown, of Cresswell, Northumberland, died on the 18th April at the age of seventy-three. He was a member of one of two families, both named Brown, who in that small village compose the Life-boat crew, while the wives,...
Category: Obituaries
Jenny
FMBTWOOD, LANCASHIRE. — At 5.45 A.M.
on the 10th August, it was reported that a vessel had dragged her anchor and was in distress about 2 miles N.E. of the Wyre Light. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the N.W., and a...
Belvenie
The steamer Balvenie, of Glasgow, whilst bound from Grimsby to Grangetnouth with a cargo of pig-iron, stranded on the Inner Binks on the 7th February. When the vessel first stranded the weather was moderately fine, but at about 5.45 A.M.<...
Rainbow
Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin.—At eight o'clock on the evening of the 14th of May, 1953, the life-boat honorary secretary saw the local yacht Rainbow with a crew of four, drifting across the north of the harbour. She had been dismasted and...