LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mrs. Longair, of Dundee
By the death on the 15th July of Mrs. Longair, wife of ex-Lord Provost Longair, of Dundee, in her 84th year, the Institution has lost one of its oldest and most valued workers in Scotland.
Her interest in the Life-boat...
Category: Obituaries
Scotish Isles
At 6 P.M. on the 17th of May a full-rigged ship was observed on the Goodwin Sands, and just then a signal of distress was hoisted. The crew of the Life-boat Francis Forbes Barton were summoned and the boat was launched. On getting alongside...
Commander Nasmith
SEPT. 7TH. - LONGHOPE, ORKNEYS.
At 10 P.M. the life-boat station was informed by the coastguard that the steam trawler Commander Nasmith was ashore on the north side of Stroma. A later message said that the vessel was...
Aberdeen: Bp Forties Was Named (R) By Mrs David Steel Photograph By Courtesy of Aberdeen Journals
Aberdeen: BP Forties was named (r.) by Mrs David Steel. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Aberdeen Journals.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Cristo
Beaumaris, Anglesey.—At 7.15 on the evening of the 8th of May, 1957, a message was received from the Penmon coastguard that a motor vessel, which was anchored in a dangerous position near the Perch Rock in the channel between Anglesey and...
Princess Charming
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—On the morning of the. 18th February the coastguard reported that the motor trawler Princess Charming, of Grimsby, which was off Holborn Head, was in need of immediate help. She was fishing out of Scrabster, and her...
Marion
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 12.19 on the afternoon of the 2nd of June, 1953, the coastguard told the life-boat cox- swain that a motor boat appeared to be in distress three quarters of a mile off Pakefield and was flying distress signals. At...
Two Rubber Dinghies
RESCUE OF YOUTHS IN DINGHIES New Quay, Cardiganshire. At 10.12 on the morning of the 14th August, 1962, the coastguard reported that two rubber dinghies were drifting out to sea half a mile off Aberayron. At 10.40 the life-boat St. Albans...
A Catamaran
LIFE-BOAT AND HELICOPTER SEARCH FOR CATAMARAN Wells, Norfolk. At 1.28 a.m. on Monday the 15th of July, 1963, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a catamaran with three men on board was missing from Brancaster. There was a...
Remembrance and Fortunas
At about 1.10 P.M. on the 8th January the Coxswain was informed by a fisherman that a fishing boat had broken down and was blowing towards the shore south oi Whitby. The Coastguard confirmed this and added that another fishing boat was going...