LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Danish Brigantine Feria
On the night of the 20th December, the Danish brigantine Freia, got on shore on the Dogger Bank, near the entrance of Wexford harbour. On her perilous condition being seen at day- light, a boat managed to get to her from the shore with a...
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NOVEMBER 5TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. During the afternoon information was received from the principal light-keeper of the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse, that one of the keepers had cut an artery in his arm and ought to be brought ashore...
Death of Two Scottish Coxswains. Walter Fairbairn, of Dunbar and Skateraw, and John Swanson, of Longhope
Walter Fairbairn, of Dunbar and Skateraw, and John Swanson, of Longhope.
THE Institution has lost, in one week, two very distinguished Scottish coxswains. Ex-Coxswain Walter Fair- bairn, of Dunbar and Skateraw,...
Category: Obituaries
Anna Sarah
CAMPBELTOWN, ARGYLLSHIRE. — The brigantine Anna Sarah, of Ipswich, while on her way from Ardrossan to a French port, with a cargo of coal, was overtaken by a gale from the S.S.E., when off the Maidens, on the coast of Ireland, and her sails...
The Motor Fishing Vessels Lead Us and Ocean Venture
Whitby, Yorkshire. At 1.55 p.m. on 8th February, 1966, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the sea on the harbour bar was becoming very bad and that two local motor fishing vessels, Lead Us and Ocean Venture, were still at sea....
Hot Banana
The speedboat Hot Banana lived up to her name on 6 July when a fire, believed to have started in the outboard engine, spread to the fuel tank and caused a major explosion.
The boat burst into flames at the entrance to...
The Three-Masted Motor Schooner Agnes Craig
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.— During the morning of the llth June, 1938, the three-masted motor schooner Agnes Craig, of Dublin, ran aground on the N.W. side of Blackwater Bank, about fourteen miles from Rosslare Harbour.
Four Local Athletes from Cumbernauld Athletics and Shettleston
Four local athletes from Cumbernauld Athletics and Shettleston Harriers, including a father and son, offered themselves for sponsorship in the Scottish People's Marathon, run in Glasgow on September 11, 1983. Between them they raised... - View image in PDF
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FEBRUARY 2 7TH. - ROSSLARE HARBOUR, CO. WEXFORD. At 3.45 in the afternoon information was received that the principal keeper at the Tuskar Rock Lighthouse had asked by wireless for the life-boat to bring ashore a sick keeper. The motor...