LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Windgap, of London
AUGUST 7TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT. At 10.50 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that North Foreland Radio had picked up a message from the American steamer City of Alma that a motor yacht to the north of Dumpton Buoy was in need of immediate...
The Sailing Boat Idle Hour
JUNE 28TH. - NEW QUAY, CARDIGANSHIRE.
At 4 P.M. the crew and helpers had assembled for an exercise launch when the small sailing boat Idle Hour, of New Quay, with a crew of two, was seen drifting to the east of the harbour...
The Admiralty Drifter Nairnside
DECEMBER 28TH. - WHITEHILLS, BANFFSHIRE. At 4.50 in the evening the coastguard reported signals from a vessel about five miles north-east of Whitehills, but the signals could not be understood. A northerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea,...
Rescued When Clinging to the Mast
AT 6.20 on the morning of the 7th August, 1962, Mr. A. J. Tart, the honor- ary secretary of the Dungeness station, was told by Lade coastguard that the German vessel Erfurt had reported seeing a small boat showing a red light about ten and a...
Category: Services
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee
Thursday, 5th May, 1864. THOMAS CHAPMAN, Esq., F.R.S., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and approved the Minutes of the previous Meeting, and those of the Finance and Correspondence, and Wreck and Reward...
Category: Committee
Industry
LOWESTOFT, SUFFOLK.—At midnight on the 29th March the trawler Industry, of Lowestoft, while homeward bound, went ashore on the Newcome Sands.
A strong wind was blowing accompanied by a heavy sea at the time....
The Beachmen's "Shod."
HALF-A-MILE from the village, close to the verge of a cliff more remarkable for its fossiliferous deposits than for height, a little wooden hut, built of wreck- timber and roofed with red tiles, stands exposed to the full fury of every storm...
Category: Articles
Offshore Lifeboat Services June July and August 1977
Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire July 3.
Aith, Shetland July 13 and August 5.
Aldeburgh, Suffolk June 4, 7, July 8, 19 and August 17.
Amble, Northumberland June 20, July 24, August 4, 14 and...
Category: Services
Carolina
SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK.—At daylight on the 6th December, the Norwegian barque CaroUna was seen at anchor abouttwo miles from the shore with spars hanging overboard. She showed signals, in response to which the Duncan Lifeboat, belonging to the...
Clio
ARDROSSAN.—On the 19th December, during a very heavy gale from the W.N.W., the Life-boat Fair Maid of Perth was launched, at 3.50 P.M., and rescued the crew, consisting of eight men, from theSwedish brig Clio, which had stranded at the back...