LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Six Fishing Cobles
On the 6th December a strong gale of wind, accompanied by a heavy sea, came on suddenly, and six of the fishing- l cobles belonging to the port, each con- taining 3 men, were overtaken by the storm. On their perilous pgpition being observed,...
Ben Venue
PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE. — During the night of the 5th April the wind, which had been blowing strongly from the north-west, increased to a whole gale, the sea becoming extremely rough, and about 10.30 A.M. on the following morning...
Volant
On the 5th April a whole easterly gale, accompanied by snow and sleet showers, swept the North Sea and caused a very rough sea off Harwich. The steam Life-boat City of Glasgow was called out in the morning to a small steamer, but she managed...
Elizabeth
On 16th February the ketch Elizabeth, of Bideford, when endeavouring to enter Bude Harbour in a heavy ground sea, got into difficulties, and was driven on to the rocks on the north side of the harbour, where seas continually broke over her,...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To ROBEBT EsoiAND, on his retirement, after To RICHARD WmiAMS, on bis retirement, serving 25 years as Signalman, and formerly after serving ten years as Second Coxswain, 17 years as a member of the crew of the and one year as Bowman of the...
Category: Awards
Contents
PORTRAIT OF A COXSWAIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 NOTES OF THE QUARTER 3 SUMMARY OF THE YEAR'S WORK 4 RESCUE BY BOARDING BOAT IN NEAR GALE 5 RESCUE...
Category: Contents
Index to Advertisers
INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Avon Rubber Co. Ltd 453 E. P. Barrus Ltd 455 Birds Eye Foods Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside front cover Brooke Marine Ltd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448 Brookes & Gatehouse Ltd. . . . . . ....
Category: Index
A Coble
Lightning strike Bridlington's Mersey class 1 ifeboat Peggy and Alex Caird, alerted in the service above, is pictured in action later, on 27 June 1989, when she was called to the aid of a Whitbyregistered coble. The vessel had been...
Height of Success:
Height of success: all five Troon primary schools took part in the local guild's sunflower growing competition last year. The children asked family and friends to sponsor their flowers and a prize of a trip on Troon lifeboat and an RNLI... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Walking the Pier:
Walking the pier: Lennie Denton walked up and down Southend Pier for 24 hours to raise money for a new winch to launch Southend lifeboat. He aimed to beat the world 24-hour walk record of 133 miles 21 yards but despite his cracking pace he... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs