LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

Last year marked the centenary of the loss of Margate rescue surf boat Friend to all nations along with nine of her crew. The surfboat was operated by a group of local boatmen in tandem with the RNLI lifeboat - generally the same men would... - View image in PDF

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APRIL 15TH. - ABERDEEN, NORTH PIER LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. At 5.30 in the afternoon a request was received to land a salvage party from the Faroese fishing vessel Albert Victor. She was ashore in Aberdeen Bay and the Aberdeen No. 1 life-boat...

FEBRUARY 17TH. - PADSTOW, CORNWALL.

Shortly before noon the coastguard at Stepper Point reported, by telephone, distress signals from a trawler four miles north-west-by-north of Trevose Head. A fresh northerly wind was...

JUNE 20TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. At 7.48 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that an aeroplane had crashed in the sea about four miles to the north-east. A strong north-east breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. The No. 1 motor...

DECEMBER 4TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.

At five in the morning the local motor fishing vessels Pilot Me and Gem put to sea in bad weather. During the morning the weather worsened and at one o’clock the coastguard reported that a...

During squally weather, on the 28th March, 1872, the barque Exe, of Exeter, went on the New- come Sand in a very dangerous position.

The Kessingland No. 1 Life-boat, the Bolton, was promptly launched to her as- sistance ;...

WHITBY.—At about 3 P.M. on the 11th January the wind blew a moderate gale from the E.N.E. with a heavy sea, and four fishing-cobles which had gone out in the morning were seen returning. As the wind and sea were increasing the foremost boat...