LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Igonda
Plymouth, South Devon.—At 7.52 on the morning of the 29th of July, 1956, the Rame Head coastguard reported that a yacht was showing distress sig- nals near Penlee Point. The life-boat Thomas Forehead and Mary Rowse put out at 8.15. There was...
The S.S. Alexandria
Penlee, Cornwall.—At six o'clock on the evening of the 17th of September, 1957, the port doctor asked if the life- boat could take an injured man off the S.S. Alexandria, which was expected to be two miles south of Wolf light- house...
Cruiser
Troon, Ayrshire. At 5.10 on the afternoon of the 9th of January, 1958, the Portpatrick coastguard told the honorary secretary that the tug Cruiser of Glasgow, was aground alongside the S.S. Ballyhalbert half a mile north of Ardrossan. The...
Lijnbaan
Caister, Norfolk. At four o'clock on the morning of the 30th of May, 1958, a life-boat shore helper saw a vessel I aground on the Scroby Sands. At 5.15, after consultation with the coast- guard, the life-boat Jose...
Sea Lion
Fishguard, Pembrokeshire. At 12.13 early on the morning of the 10th July, 1961, the coastguard passed on to the honorary secretary a report from the Strumble Head lighthouse that a red flare had been seen two miles to the north-west. There...
Kemrix
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. At 1.50 early on the morning of the 25th of August, 1961, the coxswain was informed that the motor vessel Kemrix of Hull was anchored a mile and a half north-north-east of Rosslare Harbour with engine trouble....
Contents
Contents Volume L Number 502 RNLINews... 223/231 Lifeboat Services 225/237 Past and Present. 230 Chairman: THE DUKE OF ATHOLL Director and Secretary: REAR ADMIRAL W J GRAHAM CB MNI 150th Anniversary of the wreck of the Forfarshire— Grace...
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Mischief, of Caernarvon
On the 24th January, during a tremendous hurricane from the S., accompanied by thick showers of snow, the schooner Mis- chief, of Caernarvon, struck on the Parten Stiel Rocks, about a mile and a half to the south of Holy Island. Signals of...
Minerva
HUNA.—On the 8th August the Norwegian barque Minerva, in trying to pass through the Sound between the Pentland Skerries and South Ronaldshay during a fresh breeze from the S.W., was carried by the strong current to the north side of the...