LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Firefly
Walton and Frinton, Essex.—At 11.15 on the morning of the 3rd of September, 1952, during bad weather, the coast- guard telephoned that a yacht with a man and woman on board, had an- chored a quarter of a mile north-east of the pier in a...
A Dinghy (1)
LIFE-BOAT STANDS BY AS SPEEDBOAT TOWS DINGHY Skegness, Lincolnshire. At 9.10 on the morning of the 22nd April, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that three men in a 14-foot dinghy were signalling for help half a mile east...
Peveril
FEBRUARY 10TH. - DOUGLAS, ISLE OF MAN. At 3.30 P.M. a fisherman returned to port and reported to the harbour master that the motor fishing boat Peveril, of Douglas, with a crew of three, was still at sea. As half a gale of wind was blowing...
Coxswain Mechanic Michael Storey
Coxswain Mechanic Michael Storey of Girvan. Although a relative newcomer to Girvan lifeboat station, Michael Storey is an old hand when it comes to lifeboat services. He joined Humber crew in 1977, serving, with a short break, until 1982.... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Fishing Boat
MAY 5TH. - BALTIMORE, CO. CORK. A fishing boat had got into difficulties and was long overdue, but she managed to reachshelter in a little bay, unaided. - Rewards, £14 17s..
Beverwick
Tynemouth, Northumberland. On the 6th February, 1966, the honorary secretary was informed that an attempt was to be made to refloat the Dutch dredger Beverwick which had stranded on the Tynemouth pier, and that the captain in charge of the...
Emerald Isle
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 6th March, at about 6.80 P.M., the trawler, Emerald Isle, of Whitehaven, which had been beating about in the bay for about three hours, evidently waiting for water, suddenly made for the harbour mouth, and...
The S.S. Ajuthia
RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.—The usual quietude of Runswick, a small fishing village to the north of Whitby, was considerably disturbed in the early hours of the 1st March by the s.s.
Ajuthia, of London, stranding on the rocks...
James and Agnes
PORTHCAWL.—The coxswain of the Lifeboat Speedwell was informed by the pilot on watch, on the 7th April, that a vessel was running for the shore in a sinking condition. At 6.20 A.M. the Life-boat was launched, and proceeded, in a moderate N.N...
Northards
Humber, Yorkshire. At 11.55 P-mon gth February, 1966, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a trawler was aground near Spurn lighthouse and required assistance. The life-boat City of Bradford III was launched at 12.10 in a...