LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Naval Examination Vessel
MARCH 13TH. - SUNDERLAND, DURHAM.
At 4.17 A.M. the coastguard reported that the naval examination vessel was ashore inside the New South Pier, and needed help.
A strong N.E. wind was blowing, with a rough...
A Small Yacht
Falmouth, Cornwall.—1st June, 1938.
The Porthoustock coastguard had reported that a small yacht, with three men on board, had been blown out to sea from the Helford River. A strong W. by N. gale was blowing, with a very...
Mab
Valentia, Co. Kerry.—At 3.40 on the morning of the 6th of June, 1955, the life-boat shore attendant reported that a vessel was burning flares on the south side of the harbour. At 3.55 the life-boat A.E.D. put out. The sea was rough, there...
A Fishing Boat
Ballycotton, Co. Cork. At 9.15 on the evening of the 10th of June, 1958, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that the Ballycotton lighthouse keepers had fired two flares and were flying a flag. At 9.20 the life-boat Mary Stanford put...
A Canoe (1)
MOTOR BOAT RESCUES CANOEISTS Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. At 4.35 on the afternoon of the 19th August, 1962, the Dalkey civic guard informed the honorary secretary that a canoe, which had a crew of two, had capsized off Dalkey Island, and at 4...
A Trawler
Portaskaig, Isle of Islay.—9th March, 1938. A trawler had been wrecked at Smuall Point, but eight of her crew of eleven were rescued from the shore by men with lines; the other three had been washed away and lost.—Rewards, £8...
The French Naval Patrol Boat La Bastiase
JUNE 22ND. - HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.
The French naval patrol boat La Bastiase had blown up and sunk in a few minutes, but the sixteen survivors of her crew were rescued by the examination vessel at the Tees. - Rewards, £4...
Balnagask
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 5.33 on the evening of the 19th December, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretaiy that red flares had been seen north of the coastguard look-out. The life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P.
Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P.
By the death of Sir Johnstone Wallace, K.B.E., D.L., J.P., of Newcastle, on 9th November last, the Institution has lost an old and valued supporter. For many years he was closely...
Category: Obituaries
Aurelia
TENDER AND CABIN CRUISER BOTH BREAK DOWN Rhyl, Flintshire. At 9.35 on the morning of the 23rd June, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the tender from the Rhyl yacht club had broken down in an attempt to tow in the...