LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Small Motor Boat
APRIL 21ST. - PORT ST. MARY, ISLE OF MAN. At 4.50 in the afternoon the life-boat motor-mechanic saw a small motor boat about three miles south-south-east of the harbour with a large piece of cloth fixed to a pole. At 5.15 the motor life-boat...
The S.S. Boadicea (1)
In consequence of a telegram from Margate that the Tongue lightship was tiring for assistance, the Bradford Lifeboat and steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour at midnight on the 6th December, during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and a...
Thurso Naming
Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother named the new Thurso life-boat—-a 48-foot 6-inch Solent class boat—on llth August, by the Hotel Quay, Scrabster Harbour.
Named The Three Sisters, she was paid for by an anonymous...
Category: Inaugurations
Assistant, of Stavanger
On the 25th November, the small life- boat, the Boys', at this place, put off to the help of the schooner Assistant, of Stavanger, which was stranded on the Barber Sands during a strong wind and hazy weather.
She...
A Rowing Boat
REDCAR, YORKSHIRE.—At about 10 A.H., on the 25th June, a rowing boat, which had gone out early in the morning to gather mussels in the Tees, attempted to make for Redcar. Her crew of a man and two boys were in danger as the wind had...
Iverna
The Motor Life-boat H. F. Bailey was launched at 4.25 P.M.
on the 7th August, on receipt of a telephone message from Overstrand, through the Coastguard, that a small vessel had been disabled off Overstrand with a broken...
Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd.
The H-range of navigational aids includes, echo-sounders, radio direction finders—a new version of the Hecta, model F100, having a maximum range of 100 fathoms will be in production early in 1971— logs, speedometers, wind direction and speed...
Category: Advertisement
Kirkwall Grammar School
Michael Forsyth, a pupil of Kirkwall Grammar School, hands over a cheque for £78.80 to Captain M. S. Work, honorary secretary of Kirkwall lifeboat station, on board the 70ft Clyde class lifeboat, Grace Paterson Ritchie. The money was... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
When the Aberdeen Trawler Juniper Ran Ashore on 19th February, 1967 the Aith Life-Boat Rescued the Crew
When the Aberdeen trawler Juniper ran ashore on 19th February, 1967, the Aith life-boat rescued the crew. Special awards were made to the life-boat crew (page 208).. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Steamer (10)
MARCH 2ND. - HELVICK HEAD, CO.
WATERFORD. A survivor of a bombed steamer who had been landed by a trawler had reported that others were missing, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £15 18s..