LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Enchantress
Tenby, Pembrokeshire.—About ten o'clock on the night of the 17th of August, 1952, the motor cruiser En- chantress struck the rocks near Stack- poole Head and became a wreck. She had a party of six aboard, and two young men managed to...
Fulham VIII and Caribon
Sunderland, Co. Durham. At 4.48 on the afternoon of the 4th of July, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the motor vessel Fulham VIII had reported that she had been in collision with the yacht Caribon and that the yacht'...
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Search for divers THE SUPPORT BOAT of a party of divers contacted the coastguard at 1355 on the afternoon of Sunday September 15, 1985, to say that two of their divers had not surfaced from their diving on the wreck of ss Teddington, about...
The S.S. Corbrook
DEC. 12TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.15 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel had gone ashore two miles south-east of Mundesley look-out.
A strong easterly breeze was blowing, and there was a heavy...
Books
• Commenting on Yacht Signalling by Bernard Hayman (Nautical Books, Macmillan, £8.95) Rear Admiral W. J.
Graham, director of the Institution, wrote: 'This most comprehensive book on signalling to and from yachts is...
Category: Articles
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
Lin. LYME REGIS. The William Wood- code, 33 feet by 8 feet, 10 oars.
SITUATED in a valley between two hills, on the extreme western seaboard of Dor- setshire, Lyme Regis has been a place of some importance, not only in...
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(Left) the Local Lifeboat Entry for the Cavalcade Which Opened Alderney Week 1977 Mrs N J Allen Leads the Rnli Team In Alderney Which With An Island Population
(Left) The local lifeboat entry for the cavalcade which opened Alderney Week 1977. Mrs N. J. Allen leads the RNLI team in Alderney, which, with an island population of about 1,750, has contributed £4,340 to Guernsey branch funds over... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Panachrandos
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 2.56 A.M. on the 26th November, 1938, the coastguard reported that the Greek steamer Panachrandos. of Andros, which was in Portland Roads, was drifting towards the shore. A west gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The...
Oscar
BUDDON NESS, N.B.—At about 11 A.M.
on the 22nd February signal guns were fired from the Lightship, indicating that a vessel was ashore on the South Bank, or in imminent danger. The May Lifeboat proceeded to the spot as soon...
The S.S. Lady Katherine
NEWBIGGIN-BY-THE-SBA, NORTHUMBERLAND.
—A signal of distress was made by a vessel northward of Newbiggin point, on the morning of the 9th Jan. 1889. The wind was blowing a gale from the S.E., the sea was very rough, and the...