LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Summity
Fowey, Cornwall.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 3rd of November, 1953, a shipping company at Par reported that they had received a message that the motor ship Summity, of London, had asked for help as she had broken down half a mile...
Esperanza
Ramsgate, Kent.—On the morning of the 21st of May, 1948, a fresh north- easterly breeze was blowing, with a heavy sea. At 10.30 the sailing yacht Esperanza, with a crew of two, went to sea. The weather got worse, and as the yacht attempted...
Silver Coquet and Provider
COBLES ESCORTED At 10.3 a.m. on i6th November, 1965, the cobles Provider and Silver Coquet were reported to be still at sea in conditions that were rapidly deteriorating. The lifeboat Millie Walton set out at 10.40 in a south-easterly gale...
Fishing Boats
Arbroath, Angus. At 10.50 a.m. on 25th February, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that there were five fishing boats at sea and the life-boat The Duke of Montrose might be needed to escort the boats through the harbour...
The Gratitude and Evelyn and Margaret
APRIL 4TH. - SCARBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE.
During the early afternoon a heavy ground swell was running from the north-east. Incoming fishing cobles reported that the seas were growing, with broken water at the harbour entrance. A...
The Humber Lightvessel
POLICE PUT ABOARD Hiunber, Yorkshire. At 12.39 p.m. on i3th May, 1965, the coastguard informed the coxswain superintendent that a man was missing from the Humber lightvessel and that the master of the lightvessel had asked for the help of...
Top Left, Boathouse Built on Castle Beach 1862
Top Left, Boathouse Built On Castle Beach 1862. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Yacht (3)
Plymouth, Devon.—4th October. A yacht got into difficulties and ran on a sandy beach, but the two people on board managed to get ashore. Later one of them, a lady doctor, gave a present of money to the crew, and a donation to the...
A Herring Drifter
DECEMBER 8TH. - MARYPORT, CUMBERLAND.
A herring drifter had been reported aground, but the life-boat found nothing, and a drifter, which had been aground, came in while the life-boat was out.
- Rewards,...
The Duke of Kent's
The Duke of Kent's first visit on Orkney on May 10 was to Longhope where he laid a wreath at the memorial to the eight lifeboatmen who lost their lives in the disaster of 1969. The Memorial was unveiled by HM The Queen Mother in... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs