LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

ARBROATH.—At about 7 P.M. on the 13th April, while a strong gale was blowing from S.E., the fishing-boat Royal Arch, of Arbroath, was seen attempting to make the harbour. A very heavy sea was running, the tide was low and she was apparently...

DAMAGE BY WIND Life-boat O.N. 44-001. At 2.30 p.m.

on the same day, a capsized sailing dinghy was sighted three miles south-west of Egypt Point, Isle of Wight. Three people were clinging to the hull in moderate seas after a...

Porthdinllaen,Caernar vonshire. At 4.33 p.m. on 5th August, 1965, the honorary secretary heard that a small boat had been reported in difficulties in a south-westerly gale and a rough sea, about one mile north-east of Trevor. The tide was...

Great Yarmouth and Gorlestcn, Norfolk.—At 2.48 on the morning of the 19th of October, 1955, the Gorles- ton coastguard rang up to say that a drifter had gone aground one hundred yards north of the harbour entrance, and that she was burning...

APRIL 25TH. - PORT ERIN, ISLE OF MAN. The French steamer Benerau Mitznigr, of Marseilles, had been in collision, but she was able to go on her way without help.- Rewards, £5 8s. 6d..

MAY 25TH. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. A yacht had struck some rocks, but was, undamaged and able to go on her way. - Rewards, £7 1s..

NOVEMBER 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK.

A minesweeper had stranded on Haisboro’ Sands, but she refloated and was able to go on her way. - Rewards, £12 5s..

THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 282 Life-boat Stations...