LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fort Moultre
The Mumbles, Glamorganshire.—At 6.42 on the morning of the 25th of De- cember, 1952, the coastguard telephonedthat a message had been received from the tanker Fort Moultre, of New York, which was anchored in Swansea Bay, that she had a...
Lifeboat Services
MKDAUJS IS SHOVVKI) 'BRAVKRV AM) KXPKKTISK Sailor rescued as yacht is driven on to lee shore The coxswain and helmsman of Whitby's two lifeboats, the 44ft Waveney White Rose of Yorkshire and the D class inflatable Gwynaeth, have both...
Category: Services
The Motor Sailer Maureen II
In rock cleft WHILE ON PASSAGE from Carrick Fergus to Portpatrick on Monday August 3, 1981, the 32ft motor sailer Maureen II suffered engine failure. She continued under sail but, trying to enter harbour, she ran into difficulties and was...
Diana V (1)
Dutch coaster A DUTCH COASTER Diana V, in distress 101° 74 miles from Spurn Head, was reported to Superintendent Coxswain Brian Sevan of Humber lifeboat station by HM Coastguard at 1400 on December 30, 1978; her cargo of maize had...
B.E.M.S for Two Kirkcudbright Life-Boatmen.
Two life-boatmen of the Kirkcudbright crew serving with the navy, have been awarded the British Empire Medal. George Parkhill, son of the coxswain, serving as officer steward on one of H.M. trawlers, won it for rescuing wounded men from a...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (29)
JUNE 3RD. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea six miles S.W. of the life-boathouse, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 14s..
An Aeroplane (25)
MARCH 27TH. - BLACKPOOL, LANCASHIRE. At 11.30 A.M. the coxswain received a telephone message from the RAF. that a Hurricane aeroplane had crashed into the sea opposite the South Promenade, about five miles west, and the motor life-boat Sarah...
Summary of the Meetings of the Committee of Management
Friday, 7th July, 1916.
The Rt. Hon. the EARL WALDEGRAVE, P.O., V.P., in the Chair.
Read and confirmed the minutes of the previous meeting.
Read and confirmed the minutes oi the...
Category: Committee
A Steam Crane Barge
On the morning of the 8th February, during a strong S.E. breeze and a heavy sea, signals of distress were shown by a steam-crane barge, employed in raising the sunken steamer Kibble, which was riding very heavily at anchor. At 6 o'clock...
A Steam-Launch
SIDMOUTH.—On the morning of the 23rd May H.M.S. Lively, with the DUKE and DUCHESS of EDINBURGH and suite on board, arrived off Sidmouth, and came into the bay, in order that his Royal Highness might land and inspect the Coastguard Station....