LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Gratitude of Yachtsmen
ON the 25th of August, 1951, the Wicklow life-boat towed in the yacht Desina which had lost her rudder in heavy seas. One of the yacht's crew wrote to the coxswain: "On behalf of the two other crew members and myself, I wish to...
Category: Correspondence
The Help of An Octopus
THE honorary secretary of the Exmouth station, who raises money for the branch by selling flowers at the boathouse, has found another and unexpected source of revenue. While fishing off Budleigh Salterton in July he caught an octopus. He...
Category: Articles
Hastings County, of Bergen
ON the night of June 13th the Motor Life-boat at Stromness was called out to the help of a large steamer, the Hastings County, of Bergen, on her way from Hamburg to Montreal with a general cargo, which the Coast Guard had reported to have...
A Small Sailing Boat (1)
APRIL 21ST. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT. A small sailing boat had capsized off Hayling Island. The life-boat found nothing, but a naval launch found the boat and picked up two dead bodies. - Rewards, £4 13s..
Admiral Nelson, of Beaumaris
NEW BRIGHTON. — Information was brought to the Life-boat Station at 9.45 P.M. on the 17th May, that a vessel had beaten over the Brazil Bank and had sunk in the Kock Channel. The wind was blowing from the W.S.W. at the time; the weather was...
Formahault, of Greisfwald
The Anna Maria Life-boat found her way in a dense fog to the barque Fomahault, of Griefswald, which was anchored in a dangerous position under Pentrait Cliff, on the 4th March, and, notwithstanding the high surf, got within reach of her and...
A Gift of Daffodils
LAST year a doctor in Market Weighton, Yorkshire, cut and sold his bed of daffodils and 'gave the money, over £19, to the Ladies' Life-boat Guild. He has done the same this year, and it has brought the Guild another...
Category: Donations
A Drifter
OCT. 26TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.
A drifter had been reported as flying distress signals, but she got in to the shelter of Douglas Bay unaided. The life-boat was out for nearly five hours in a gale with a heavy sea. -...
William Wallace of Dundalk
On the 8th August, the schooner William Wallace, of Dundalk, was observed at daylight to be stranded on James's Bank, during a strong wind from W.N.W. The life-boat Jessie Knowles put off and remained alongside until the tide rose, when...
List of Launches
Aberdeen Arun: Aug 28, Sep 11 and Oct 4 D class: Aug 28, Sep 11 and Sep 27 Aherdovey Atlantic 75: Sep 11 Atlantic 21: Aug 6. Aug 9, Aug 14, Aug 15 (twice), Aug 21 (three times) and Sep 5 Abersoch Atlantic 21: Aug 9. Aug 15, Aug 17. Aug 18....
Category: Services