LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Teymar (8)
Eleven lifeboats in biggest ever Cardigan Bay searchCrew from nine lifeboat stations were united in a search for a missing power boat at Cardigan Bay. The Coastguard coordinated an extensive search involving 11 lifeboats, a rescue helicopter...
Shamrock, of Liverpool
On the 5th Jan- uary the sloop Shamrock, of Liverpool, was seen at anchor in a distressed state in Wicklow Bay. There was a heavy gale blowing at the time, and she had lost some of her spars. The life-boat Robert Theophilus Garden was...
Reclaim, of Lowestoft
Angle, Pembrokeshire.—On the morning of the 10th June the steam drifter Reclaim, of Lowestoft, carrying a crew of eleven, ran ashore on Middle Beach, West Angle Bay. A moderate west breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth, but the weather...
Mary, of Laxey
The Life-boat Two Sisters proceeded from this port on the 22nd October, and saved the crew of the schooner Mary, of Laxey, during a strong gale from N.N.W. and a heavy sea; the service was promptly rendered in a manner highly creditable to...
Maria F., of Hamburg
Bridlington, Yorkshire - On 4th-5th February, 1968, the life-boat William Henry and Mary King was launched to the assistance of the motor vessel Maria F of Hamburg. A full account of this service will appear in the September issue of THE...
Ranger of Essex
Weymouth, Dorset - On 24th January, 1967, the life-boat Frank Spiller Locke saved the catamaran Ranger of Essex and rescued her crew of two. A full account of this service, for which a special award has been made to the coxswain and crew,...
Imbibing on the Sands
"A party of trustees, with their wives and daughters, agree to meet at some commodious hotel in the vicinity of a life-boat station, the day is fine, and the party are perhaps themselves rowed out a couple of miles—a daring deed, which...
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Jargoon, of Glasgow
JUNE 29TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At six in the morning the Great Yarmouth coastguard reported a vessel aground on the Scroby Sands. There was a light westerly breeze, and the sea was smooth. At 6.45 the motor life-boat...
Zosteria, of London
On the 20th March, the brig Zosteria, from London to Hartle- pool, in ballast, was observed in distress off this place while it was blowing a strong gale from E.N.E., accompanied by heavy rain. The Parsee life-boat was at once taken along...
83 Years of Gifts.
The Institution has received his annual subscription from a subscriber who has contributed to it since his father died 25 years ago. The father, in turn, had contributed since his father died in 1881, and the books of the Insti-- tution show...
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