LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Treasure and Fair Beagle
Six saved from two separate vessels in hurricane-force conditionsThe rescue of four fishermen and two yachtsmen, in separate incidents and in hurricane force winds, has earned Second Coxswain Rodney Burge of Amble lifeboat station the Thanks...
Besse, of Sunderland
On the 17th November, during a strong gale of wind from the E.N.E., the brig Bessie, of Sunderland, was observed to anchor in a dan- gerous position near this life-boat station, and the City of Worcester life-boat accordingly went out, and...
Ellen Harrison
At about 5.30 A.M. on the 31st March flares were ob- served from Moelfre Island. A strong S.W. gale prevailed at the time, with rough sea, and the Life-boat Charles and Eliza Laura was launched. On arriving at the north side of the Island...
Who Are These Heros?
• She is ex-lifeboat R.A. Colby Cubbin No.1 (ON 929), a 46ft motor Watson lifeboat. She was stationed at Douglas, Isle of Man, between 1956 and 1988 and during her RNLI service launched 115 times saving 95 lives. She was refitted in 1975... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Elly Gerda
Trawler listing THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Plymouth lifeboat station was advised by HM Coastguard at 1030 on Wednesday February 15 that the fishing vessel Elly Gerda, ten miles south west of Rame Head, had taken water indeteriorating...
The S.S. Baron Yarborough
Workington, Cumberland.—When the S.S. Baron Yarborough, of Ardrossan, was ready for sailing on the 19th of November, 1952, her wireless operator was missing. The steamer put out, but anchored off the port. When the operator arrived the...
Arun
Length 16-16.55m (52ft-54ft 4in) D Q o m 17ft 9in (5.43m) Displacement 25.25-32.25 tons Speed 18 knots Range 230 n. miles Crew 6 Construction Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP), wood or steel. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Dr William D Bell Mrcs Lrcp
Dr William D. Bell, MRCS LRCP, honorary secretary of St Mary's, Isles of Scilly lifeboat station from 1964 to 1972..
Category: Obituaries
Peggy, If, and Billy Boy
Aldeburgh, Suffolk.—At 1.30 P.M. on the 4th January, 1938, the coastguard reported that the local fishing boats Peggy, If, and Billy Boy, carrying seven men altogether, were making heavy weather three miles south of...
Coxswain John Boyle, of Arranmore
ONE of the most distinguished of Irish coxswains, John Boyle, of Arranmore, died on the 5th of September, 1949, at the age of 57. He served as an officer of the life-boat for 23 years, as bow- man from 1926 to 1928, and then as coxswain...
Category: Obituaries