LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Patrick
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—At 4 P.M. on the 8th February, a signal of distress was hoisted by the cutter Patrick, of Peel, coal laden from Whitehaven for Killough, which was riding heavily with three anchors down, and dragging them about a mile...
Providence
Shortly before 10 A.M. on the 5th February in- formation reached Grimsby that a fish- ing boat was off the Bull Lighthouse in an unmanageable condition, and was drifting out to sea. A whole N.N.W.
gale was blowing, and the...
The Thistle and Mizpah
Two fish- ing-boats named the Thistle and Mizpah were overtaken when at sea on the 3rd May by a strong gale from S.S.E.
As considerable anxiety was felt for their safety the No. 1 Life-boat Sarah Jane Turner was launched....
William Shepherd
MOELFRE, ANGLESEY.—The ketch William, Shepherd, of Beaumaris, in ballast from Belfast for Carnarvon, anchored in Moelfre Boads in a strong gale from E.
on the 8th June. At about 10 P.M. she parted one of her cables, and...
Life-Boat As Ambulance
Shortly before 10 o'clock in the evening of 18th April last, just as the s.s. Clanwood, of Sunderland, was leaving Hartlepool for Ghent, with a cargo of coal, a gas explosion occurred on board.
The weather was fine with...
Category: Articles
Sarah McDonald
At about 8 P.M. on the 3rd December a message was received from the Coastguard re- porting that a vessel was showing signals, of distress in the Caldy Roads. The crew of the Life-boat William and Mary Devey were promptly assembled and the...
Capri
The Coastguard telephoned at about 7 A.M. on 28th March that a yacht was ashore on the Hook Sands. The Poole and Bourne- mouth Life-boat Harmar was promptly launched and found the yacht Capri ashore, with a party of six on...
The South Goodwin Lightvessel
On the night of the 26th-27th November, 1954, the South Goodwin lightvessel broke adrift in a gale and at daylight was found to be lying on her beam ends. The Dover, Ramsgate and Walmer life-boats were all launch- ed, but the sole survivor...
The South Goodwin Lightvessel (1)
On the night of the 26th-27th November, 1954, the South Goodwin lightvessel broke adrift in a gale and at daylight was found to be lying on her beam ends. The Dover, Ramsgate and Walmer life-boats were all launch- ed, but the sole survivor...
Six Men Lost from Rowing Boat
ALBERT COTTIER, assistant motor mechanic of the Ramsey (Isle of Man) life-boat station, lost his life, together with five other men when a rowing boat capsized on the 8th of March, 1956. An unsuccessful search by the Ramsey life-boat was...
Category: Obituaries