LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Serenity
Caister, Norfolk.—At ten o'clock in the morning of the 29th of February, 1952, the coastguard reported that a vessel had gone aground off Waxham, and at 10.15 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched. The sea was calm, with a fresh...
Coxswain Thomas Reay of Maryport
COXSWAIN THOMAS REAY of Maryport died on the 14th of April, 1959, at the age of 77. He served as coxswain from 1932 to 1941 after having previously served as bowman for nearly three years and second coxswain for over twenty-three years. He...
Category: Obituaries
Sgumain
YACHT TOWED IN WITH GALE IMMINENT Exmouth, Devon. At 11.30 on the night of the 25th March, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that he had an auxiliary yacht under observation whose engine had broken down off Sidmouth beach....
James, of Carnarvon
On the 28th Jan.
the schooner James, of Carnarvon, was wrecked near the bar of Drogheda Harbour, in a S.E. gale. The two Drogheda Life- boats launched to her assistance, and 1 man was rescued by the South boat, the John...
Thistle
CULLERCOATS. — The Life-boat Co- Operator No. 1 was launched to the assistance of the coble Thistle which was in danger while returning from the fishing grounds in a moderate wind from E. by N. and a rough sea, on the morning of the 3rd...
A Lightvessel
DOVER.—Signals of distress were fired by the light-vessel moored off the works in progress at the Admiralty pier, on the night of the 16th May .while a strong breeze was blowing from N.E. The Life-boat, Lewis Morice, was launched at 10.15,...
Rosalie
At 9 A.M. on | the 14th November, during a moderate North-westerly gale and rough sea, the ashing-boat Rosalie, of Minehead, was observed in distress about two miles to the eastward of Minehead. The crew of the Life-boat George Leicester...
Fishing Boats (3)
Bridlington, Yorkshire.—On the llth of November, 1954, the weather worsen- ed while local fishing boats were at sea.
The life-boat Tillic Morrison, Sheffield II was launched at 2.20 in the after- noon. The sea was rough,...
Fishing Boats
Selsey, Sussex. During the morning of 23rd July, 1965, the wind increased and anxiety was felt for the safety of four small fishing boats which were about four miles offshore. At 10.30 a.m. the life-boat Canadian Pacific was launched in a...
A Fishing Vessel (1)
Scottish crews out in numbers Ravaged by remnants of the hurricane season, the British Isles were soaked and windswept in late summer 2004. At the end of one of the wettest Augusts on record, the rough sea conditions off the northern tip of...