LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Walter J Cummins
At about 9 A.M. on the 6th March during a strong N.E. gale signals of distress were observed from the brigantine Walter J.
Cummins, of Irvine, which was at anchor about one-and-a-half miles to the north- east of the harbour...
Paddy Moya
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 7.0 on the night of the 3rd of April, 1951, the Wyke Regis coastguard reported that a small vessel two miles east-south-east of Portland Bill was burning red flares.
At 7.15 the life-boat...
Military Cutbacks!
Thought you might be interested in this one for the next issue of the Lifeboat magazine.
We've heard of military cutbacks but this takes the biscuit. A kite assisted rescue helicopter.
The photograph... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Helping Hand
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 11.5 on the morning of the 21st of August, 1958, the honorary secretary received a message that a trawler had engine trouble between no. 2 and no. 3 buoys eight miles off Tenby. The life-boat Henry Comber Brown was...
Silver Wake
Dover, Kent.—At 12.48 in the morn- ing of the 16th of January, 1949, the Sandgate coastguard telephoned that the S.S. Llanstephan Castle had reported that a Sea Scout launch had broken down five miles south of Folkestone, and the life-boat...
Yacht Tigris
YACHT AGROUND Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—At 5.15 in the evening of the 14th of September, 1947, the Lymington police telephoned that a yacht was in distress near Warren Beach, and the motor life-boat Hearts of Oak, on temporary duty at the...
Golden Arrow
SEPTEMBER 15TH. - RHYL, FLINT-SHIRE. During the afternoon it was learned from the coastguard that the local fishing smack Golden Arrow, which had gone out the previous evening with a crew of two, had not been seen since, and after...
Captain G. C. Holloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R.
Captain Graham C. Holloway, O.B.E., R.D., R.N.R., who died on 10th December, 1931, was appointed a Member of the Committee of Manage- ment in 1922. He brought to the work of the Institution considerable ex- perience in the Mercantile Marine,...
Category: Obituaries
Golden Island
NORTH DEAL.—In response to the signals fired by the light-ships, and a vessel burning large flares on the Goodwin Sands, the Mary Somerville Life-boat was launched at about 2.30 A.M. on the 15th May, during a N.N.E. wind and a heavy sea. The...
Thanet
On the even- ing of the 15th December the steam trawler Thanet, of Hull, was seen to run aground on the Inner Binks sands.
She carried a crew of nine, and was returning home from the fishing grounds. The motor life-boat...