LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Sailboard
Windsurfer saved in raging gale Windsurfer Peter Waters was enjoying a great day in the surf at Porthcawl on 26 January 2002 when a sudden wind knocked him through his sail and into the water. 'I was about half a mile out to sea,' he...
White Star
The Life-boat crew were called at midnight on the 30th of March, signals of distress having been observed in the roads, supplemented by rockets fired from the Light-vessel. The Mark Lane Life-boat was launched, and soon reached the...
Maggie Ross
STAITHES, YORKSHIRE. — The steam trawler Maggie Ross stranded on the rocks at Boulby in hazy weather about 4 A.M. on the 27th March, while bound from Aberdeen to Hull with a cargo of fish. About 7 A.M. three of the crew of the vessel arrived...
Mr. Henry Fargus
Mr. Henry Fargus died on 26th April at the age of 77. He was for many years a partner in the firm of Messrs.
Clayton, Sons and Fargus, the Institution's solicitors, and was the member of the firm who dealt with the...
Category: Obituaries
Fishing Boats (1)
CULLERCOATS AND OTHER LlFE-BOATS.
—On the 13th February stormy weather prevailed 'on our north-east coast, and many of-the boats which had proceeded to their fishing-grounds were placed in great jeopardy in returning to...
Audrey
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk.
—At about 3 P.M. on the 23rd October, 1937, the coastguard reported that a barge was in a very dangerous position south of Wellington pier. A S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a very rough...
A Life-Boat Centenarian
MR. WILLIAM FURBER, of Littlestone, near New Romney, Kent, celebrated his 100th birthday on the 16th of July.
He served in the Navy and then became a coastguard. At the same time he was a member of the life-boat crew at New...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Alaska
Nov. 15TH. - SELSEY, SUSSEX, AND B E M B R I D G E , I S L E O F W I G H T . A t 4.9 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard that the S.S. Alaska, of Havre, a steamer of 8,000 tons, was in distress fourteen miles S.E. of the Owers...
The Danish Fishing Vessel, J. N. Fibiger, of Hirtshals
OCTOBER 14TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE.
About 9.20 at night the life-boat watchman reported a vessel aground on the Binks, but she got off and steamed south-east only to stop on the Outer Binks. Half an hour later the port...
Quest and Dennis
AUGUST 11TH. - FLAMBOROUGH, YORKSHIRE. At about 9.30 in the morning a message was sent to the coxswain that the weather was very bad and that several fishing cobles were out. He went to the station and found that most of the fishing boats...