LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Happy Return
NEWHAVEN.—At 2 P.M. on1 the 24th May, the Michael Henry Life-boat was launched to the aid of launched to the aid of the dandy Happy Return, of Newhaven. The vessel was loaded with chalk, which had been taken from the beach, when she was...
Orb
BRIDLINGTON. — At 8 o'clock on the morning of the 8th December, 1880, during a gale from the S., a vessel was reported to be driving on to the North Beach. The Life-boat, William, John and Frances, was launched, but although strenuous...
The Dredger Hoverinsham II
LIFE-RAFT RESCUE At 8.50 a.m. on 16th January, 1971, the honorary secretary at Beaumaris, Anglesey, learnt that a distress signal had been sighted from the dredger Hoverinsham II of Hull a quarter of a mile below Penmon lookout.
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A Sailing Boat
APRIL 28TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
A sailing boat had been reported in distress, but she did not need any help. - Rewards, £2 17s..
A Motor Fishing Boat (1)
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire. — 2 81 h August, 1939. A motor fishing boat had been reported ashore, and the lifeboat put out in a dense fog, but she was recalled as her help was not needed.—Rewards, £9 13s..
A Steamer (2)
JANUARY 22ND. - TROON, AYRSHIRE.
A steamer had been reported ashore, but a second message asked that the life-boat should be recalled as she was not needed.- Rewards, £11 14s..
A Trawler (2)
DE C E M B E R 1 2 T H . - ANSTRUTHER, FIFESHIRE. A trawler had gone aground near Fifeness, but did not need the life-boat, as a tug came to tow her off. - Rewards, £9 4s..
Fleetwood:
Fleetwood: The D class inflatable lifeboat (above), given in memory of the late Miss Constance Mary Hardman, former head teacher of High Bank Nursery School, Pendlebury, by her sister Mrs P. T. Metcalfe and by the staff and pupils from the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Brutus
Scarborough, Yorkshire. At 5.15 on the evening of the 1st of January, 1960, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the trawler Brutus of Hull was making for Scarborough with an injured man on board and needed the help of the...
Typhoon
Beaumaris, Anglesey - At 7.30 p.m.
on 2nd July, 1967, it was learnt that a sloop was in difficulties about one mile east of Puffin Island. In the same area a cabin cruiser was also apparently in trouble. The life-boat Field...