LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

DEC. 9TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS. The two local fishing boats Ben Venuto and Vanguard had not returned from the fishing grounds by 3.25 P.M. A S.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough sea. At. 3.30 P.M the motor life-boat John and William Mudie...

NOVEMBER 2ND. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.

At 8.33 in the morning the Hoylake coastguard reported that the naval authorities wanted a life-boat to go out and stand by a vessel high and dry on the Burbo Bank, half a mile...

Oban's new lifeboat, the first 33ft Brede lifeboat to go on station, was named Ann Ritchie on May 7 (see page 229). The Brede has been developed from a commercial GRP hull produced by Lochin Marine of Rye and she takes her place among... - View image in PDF

WELLS, NORFOLK.—On the 4th October the wind blew a gale from the N.E. during the day, accompanied by a heavy sea. The night came on very dark, but the gale slightly moderated. At about 10 o'clock a flare was observed, and the cr'ew...

Dungeness, Kent.—At 2.15 P.M. on the 13th February, 1938, a local fisherman and the coastguard reported that a barge at anchor in East Bay was flying a distress signal. The sea was very rough, with a moderate N.N.E. gale blowing, and snow...

Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. At 12.58 on the afternoon of the 20th of October, 1957, the coastguard telephoned that a yacht had capsized south of Clacton pier. At 1.10 the life-boat Sir Godfrey Baring was launched in a rough sea.

Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 10.30 on the morning of the 28th of April, 1958, the coxswain was working at the boathouse when he heard an explosion, which appeared to come from the Dutch coaster Pres. Roosevelt anchored one mile...

Two life-boat stations celebrated the centenary of their foundation in 1958. One was the station at Ballycotton in County Cork ; the other was Hastings in Sussex.

The ceremony at Hastings took place on the 27th of July,...