LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Maggie
CEMLYN, ANGLESEY.—On the 10th August the schooner Maggie, of Ardrossan, bound from Connah's Quay for Swansea with a cargo of bricks, stranded on the Platters Bocks, near the Skerries, during squally weather. The crew, five in number, who...
A Dinghy (2)
Dungeness, Kent. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 23rd of August, 1958, the coxswain was informed that a dinghy with two people on board was in difficulties off Lade. One of the men was waving a red handkerchief attachedto a paddle. Five...
Provider A
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 16th of January, 1955, the weather deteriorated, and about 9.20 the coastguard told the coxswain of the No. 1 life-boat that the local fishing boat Provider A. was still at sea. She was making for the...
A Sailing Dinghy
Coverack, Cornwall - At 9.52 p.m.
on 9th April, 1969, it was learnt that a sailing dinghy on passage from Falmouth to Coverack was overdue.
At 10 o'clock the life-boat William Taylor of Oldham was...
Helen
Beaumaris, Anglesey. At 8.25 on the evening of the llth May, 1961, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser, which had a crew of three, had broken down off Dinmore and had asked for help. At 8.50, when the life-boat...
Rose Valley
Eyemouth, Berwickshire.—At 9.55 on the morning of the 29th of October.
1956. a Burnmouth fisherman tele- phoned the honorary secretary that a small fishing vessel Rose Valley. of Burnmouth, was making for Eye- mouth harbour...
Roman Empress
On the 9th Feb- ruary, the brig Human Empress was driven ashore near Redcar, in a very heavy gale and high surf. The Redcar life-boat was launched and proceeded to her aid, taking off her crew of 10 persons, and landing them in...
Garthclyde
On the 1st February the motor vessel Garthclyde, of London, bound in ballast from London to Blyth, got into difficulties off Filey and dropped both her anchors.
A N.E. gale was blowing with a very rough sea. The...
Pillaging Will Be Delayed Slightly
It is not often that a lifeboat tows a Viking longship, but it does happen! Moelfre's Tyne class lifeboat Robert and Violet is pictured doing just this on 15 July 1990 after receiving a call from the replica Longship Dyflin, based in... - View image in PDF
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