LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Prima Donna
WEXFORD.—At about 3.30 P.M. on the llth February, while a strong gale was blowing from the W.S.W., the fishing yawl Prima Donna, of Wexford, grounded on the south side of the bar. The No. 1 Life-boat, Andrew Pickard, was at once manned and...
Lydia and May
Early in the morning of the 9th January some of the cobles belonging to Cullercoats put to sea, for the pur- pose of fishing, in a S.E. breeze and heavy sea. Shortly afterwards the weather became very much worse and the sea dangerously rough...
Geysir
On the evening of the 19th November the Icelandic steam trawler Geysir, of Reykjavik, was in the Pentland Firth, homeward bound from Grimsby. She carried a crew of sixteen and two passengers, one of whom was a girl.
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Fishing Boats (2)
Filey, and Flamborough, Yorkshire.— Early in the morning of the 23rd November, 1938, fourteen local fishing cobles put out from Filey. The wind got up suddenly, and at 7.15 a whole S. gale was blowing, with arough sea and torrential rain....
Youngarth
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At about 10.10 P.M. on the 18th December, 1938, the coastguard reported distress signals in the Solent, off Yarmouth. A moderate east gale Avas blowing, with a very rough sea, and the weather was very cold. The motor...
A Dinghy (5)
Selsey, Sussex. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 4th of June, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a small sailing dinghy had been reported submerged off Selsey east beach, with two people on...
The Ship’s Boat Dronze
OCTOBER 21ST. - DUN LAOGHAIRE, CO.
DUBLIN. At about 11 A.M. the harbour master was informed by telephone that a ship’s boat, the Dronze, of Howth, had left Howth at 9 P.M. the previous evening to go to Sutton, four miles...
Roseburn
JUNE 20TH. - DUNGENESS, KENT. At 2.55 A.M. information was received from the Dover naval authorities that a torpedoed steamer was lying helpless two miles east of D u n g e n e s s . A f r e s h E . N . E . w i n d w a s blowing, with a...
S.S. Lisbon, H.M.S. Advance and Abeille
OCTOBER 30TH. - ABERDEEN. A 6.40 A.M. a message was received that the S.S. Lisbon had been torpedoed, and the lifeboat crew was asked to stand by. At 7.42 the No. 1 motor life-boat Emma Constance put out at 7.42 A.M., but she was asked to...
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And talking of parrots...
What does the word 'polylope' mean to you, apart from two love-struck parrots setting out on a new life together? In fact it represents an opportunity for significant cost savings to the...
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