LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Commander
About 1.20 P.M. on the 29th July the Coxswain received a message from the Coastguard at Tor- quay that a motor boat was in distress off Ivy Cove. A very strong squally wind was blowing from the W.S.W., with a rough sea. The Motor Life-boat...
The S.S. Gudrun
Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Nor- folk. At 6.45 on the morning of the 16th of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a message had been intercepted from the S.S. Gudrun of Norway stating that her deck cargo of timber...
A Rowing Boat
EXHAUSTED MEN TAKEN OFF BOAT Weymouth, Dorset. At 4.40 on the afternoon of the 19th May, 1962, the motor mechanic informed the honorary secretary that a local resident had reported a small rowing boat drifting out to sea off Green Hill...
Scorpion
LIFE-BOAT, HELICOPTER AND MOTOR BOATS GO TO YACHT Criccieth, Caernarvonshire. At 7.20 on the evening of the 3rd September, 1962, the coxswain told the honorary secretary that he could see a sailing dinghy aground in Portmadoc estuary, and...
A R.A.F. Aeroplane
OCT. 19TH. - CLOVELLY, DEVON, AND PADSTOW, CORNWALL. A message was received that a R.A.F. aeroplane had come down in the sea, and the Clovelly life-boat was launched at 10.20 P.M. to search between Hartland Point and Bideford. A N.E. wind...
Portham
On the 20th October, at 11.30 A.M., the Russian brig- antine Porthan, of Aland, bound from Oruskjoldsrik to Antwerp, being water- logged, and in danger of foundering at her anchors outside the entrance of the River Tees, slipped her cables...
EXTREME COASTAL WALKING
One fundraiser’s epic trek
After 3 years, 9,500 miles and 7 pairs of boots, fundraiser Alex-Ellis Roswell has completed his walk around the coasts of Britain and Ireland – calling in at every lifeboat station along the way. He...
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Life-Boat Saturday
ALL agree that the past year was one of unusual difficulty for any engaged in charitable enterprise. No good work, whatever its character or scope, can be carried on without money, and to obtain this necessary commodity in a sufficient...
Category: Articles
Ferjo
STANDING BY A SWEDISH COAL SHIP Walton and Frinton, Essex.—-At 11.50 on the night of the 16th of March, 1947, the coastguard reported informa- tion from the Sunk Lightship that a vessel was showing flares. A fresh west- south-west gale was...
Prince de Liege
THIRTEEN MEN TAKEN OFF BELGIAN TRAWLER Stronsay, Orkneys. At 10.10 on the morning of the 22nd December, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a Belgian trawler was ashore on rocks between Auskerry and Stronsay. The...