LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Fishing Ketch
SEARCHED IN VAIN Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. At 7.50 a.m. on 20th June, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the Weston police had reported that an elderly man was missing from a small fishing ketch somewhere between...
Rose of June
OUT OF CONTROL At 9.7 a.m. on 26th October, 1964, the coble Rose of June, with a crew of three, was reported to be out of control in a slight sea and light airs from the southwest.
The tide was half an hour after high water...
Scaldis V
Weymouth, Dorset. At 4.48 on the morning of the 12th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was burning red flares a mile and a half south-south-east of Portland Bill. At 5.10 the life-boat Frank Spiller...
Shield
Brighton, Sussex. At 4.38 p.m. on 30th August, 1965, the pier master reported that a small fishing vessel about 2 miles out was signalling for assistance.
At 4.45 the IRB launched in a moderate westerly breeze and...
Herbruder
On the following morning the gale had somewhat moderated, after a terrible night; but the sea was still very rough.
At about noon the Dutch galliot Her- Iruder went ashore, and the Life-boat was again promptly manned, and...
Merchant Ships
A book entitled " Ships of the British Merchant Navy " has been written by Paymaster-Lieutenant E. C. Talbot- Booth, R.N.R., and will be published shortly by Messrs. Andrew Melrose Ltd.
It is a record of the ships...
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Fishing Boats
Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—Bv ten o'clock on the morning of the 12th of December, 1956, a strong southerly gale had sprung up. The sea was very rough, and as the local fishing fleet was at sea it was decided to launch the life-boat....
Catherine
The Sisters' Memorial life-boat on this station was called out on service on the 4th November, the Dutch brigantine Catharina driving ashore and becoming a total wreck in Llandudno Bay on that day in a strong gale from the N.N.W. and a...
Frank Smith, Coxswain/Mechanic of Salcombe Lifeboat Since 1988.
Frank Smith, coxswain/ mechanic of Salcombe lifeboat since 1988. He first joined the crew in 1970 and was emergency mechanic from 1973 to 1981 when he was appointed mechanic.
From 1984 to 1988 he served as second coxswain /... - View image in PDF
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