LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ocean Sprit
The pulling and sailing life-boat Charles Burton was launched at 12.30 P.M. on the 25th November, as the life-boat shore signal- man had heard distress signals appar- ently coming from a vessel on the north end of the Barber Sands. Nothing...
Elsina
Shoreham Harbour, Sussex.—On the evening of the 5th April the coastguard reported that a yacht was in difficulties one mile S.W. of the harbour, and that a motor boat which had gone to her help had broken down in the...
A Rubber Dinghy
RUBBER DINGHY CARRIED OUT TO SEA Barmouth, Merionethshire.—During the afternoon of the 12th of June, 1947, an aircraftsman got into difficulties while bathing. He found himself un- able to swim ashore and got into arubber dinghy, but he was...
A Motor Cruiser (2)
TOW BY LIFE-BOAT ON PASSAGE Life-boat on passage. On the 13th July, 1962, the reserve life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was on passage from Kirkcudbright to Portpatrick. There was a light south-westerly breeze and a smooth sea. At 10.10 in the...
Rose of England
Seaham, Durham.—On the morning of the 2nd of September, 1950, the new life-boat George Elmy was launched for exercise. The sea was choppy, with a north-north-westerly breeze blowing.
At ten o'clock they noticed a...
A Spanish Medal for Coverack
THE silver prize medal which the Spanish Life-boat Society awarded to Coxswain W. A. Rowe, of Coverack, for the rescue of the crew of seventeen of the steamer Mina Cantiquin, on the 4th of November, 1951, and the diplomas awarded to him and...
Category: Medals
Pentland Swell
Wick, Caithness-shire. At 6.23 on the morning of the 27th of March, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a fishjng vessel had been seen approaching Wick from the south- east, although the harbour had been closed to shipping...
Eibhlin Og
JANUARY 1 2TH. - BALTIMORE, CO.
CORK. Five local fishing boats were several miles out, line-fishing, and as a strong breeze got up from the S.W. four of them returned a t 2 P . M . The wind increased, the sea became very...
Five Fishing Boats
MARCH. 8TH. - GIRVAN, AYRSHIRE. During the morning a strong W.N.W. wind was blowing, with a rough sea, and the fresh water from the flooded river Girvan was making the harbour bar extremely dangerous. Five fishing boats from Girvan and two...
The Lady Louisa
RHYL.—A steamer was observed flying signals of distress about three miles N.N.E. of Rhyl pier, in a strong W.N.W.
breeze and a heavy sea at 5 P.M. on the 5th February. The Life-boat Jane Martin put off to her assistance...