LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Comrade and Royal Empire
Whitby, Yorkshire. — During the morning of the 19th September, 1938, anxiety was felt for the safety of two local fishing cobles—the Comrade and the Royal Empire—which were at sea.
A dense fog had settled and there was a...
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A mes- sage was received from the St. David's Coastguard on the morning of the 23rd June that a vessel was in distress near the Smalls Lighthouse. A fresh northerly breeze was blowing with a smooth sea, but the weather was...
Passing Cloud
Information was received from Killantringan Light- house through Portpatrick Wireless Station at 8.15 A.M. on the 10th August that two small fishing boats were in distress and struggling to reach safety against a strong S.W. breeze with a...
A Steamer (2)
27th October.
A steamer had dragged her anchors, but declined the services of the Life- boat.—Rewards, £79 8s. 6d..
Monica
Dunmore East, Co. Waterford. At 11.15 on the night of the 7th of August, 1958, a message was received that a motor launch had broken down with engine trouble one mile west of Hook lighthouse. The life-boat Annie Blanche Smith put out at...
Thyminia
Ilfracombe, Devon. — At 5.5 on the morning of the 23rd of July, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht one mile east of Widmouth Head was drifting towards Hangman Point and that her crew had waved a hurricane lamp. She was near the...
A R.A.F. Air Sea Rescue Launch
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 6.46 on the evening of the 8th of October, 1953, the coastguard telephoned that a boat had reported that she was on the Red Sands and needed help. At 6.55 the life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No. 3 was...
Coxswain George Taylor
COXSWAIN GEORGE TAYLOR, of Newbiggin, was also the holder of a silver medal awarded for an outstanding service during the last war. This was the rescue in a 32-feet life-boat of the light surf type of eleven men from the Belgian motor vessel...
Category: Obituaries
Drig
Walmer. Kent. — At 6.58 on the evening- of the 1st of July, 1956, the Deal coastguard telephoned that three people in a dinghy could be seen wav- ing a flag on a stick in Pegwell Bay.
At 7.3 the life-boat Charles Dibdin...
Coxswain Samuel Cunningham
Coxswain Samuel Cunningham, who died at his home at the age of 54 on 3rd June, 1964, had a dual role which was unique in Ulster. He was former coxswain of the Portrush life-boat and was also town clerk of Portrush.
He was...
Category: Obituaries