LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Arosa
Twelve Spanish fishermen lost their lives when their trawler sank in appalling weather off the west coast of Ireland. Just one man, 24-year-old Ricardo Garcia, was saved after the Welsh-registered Arosa hit rocks on 3 October last year..<...
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
GROOMSPORT, IRELAND.—A new life-boat has been stationed at Groomsport, County Down, by the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, and a branch of the Society established there. Lying at the entrance to the bay of Belfast, this station will afford a...
Category: Articles
September (1)
SEPTEMBER MEETING EGLINTON, Co. LONDONDERRY. About 12.15 in the afternoon of the 16th of December, 1944, the Eglinton coastguard received an SOS from the R.N.A.S. Eglinton, that a Corsair aeroplane had crashed into the sea 200 yards off...
Category: Services
Five Men Rescued from a Yacht
AT 1.30 on the afternoon of the 3rd of July, 1955, the honorary secretary of the Lytham-St. Anne's station, Mr. J.
Kennedy, was told by the Formby coastguard that a yacht was at anchor one mile north of Southport...
Category: Services
Shoreline
BECAUSE of the growing interest in Shoreline clubs it has been suggested that we try to organise a general, countrywide get-together and, following a kind offer from Shoreline Club No 3, Southend-on-Sea, we are looking into the possibility...
Category: Articles
United States Coast Guard: a Glimpse By Trevor Ramsden Station Administrative Officer Padstow
THE SIGHT AND SMELL of bacon and hash browns at 90 degrees in the shade was a bit overpowering as a greeting to Grand Haven Coast Guard Station. A sympathetically smiling cook soon corrected my mistaken entrance and directed me to the...
Category: Articles
Torridge Warrior
Fishing vessel towed to safety in storm force winds Appledore and Ilfracombe lifeboats were both involved in a service to a fishing vessel near Bideford Bar on 31 March 1994. Coxswain Michael Bowden of Appledore lifeboat was awarded the...
Annual Report. 1888
At the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, held at Willis's Booms, King Street, St. James's, on Saturday, 24th day of March, 1888, His Grace The DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, E.G., President of the...
Category: Annual Reports
Vixen and John and Ann
FISHGUARD, SOUTH WALES.—On the 20th December, during a whole gale of wind from the N. and a heavy sea, the No. 2 Life-boat Helen of Foxley put off at 6 A.M. in reply to signals of distress shown by two vessels at anchor in the roadstead.<...
Arnold
On the 15th January intelligence having been received that a vessel had stranded at Kirkton Head, the Life-boat was launched at 9.20 A.M., and sailed to the vessel which was reached about 9.45.
A gale of wind was blowing...