LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Eight Bells
TOW FOR FISHING BOAT WITH ENGINE FAILURE Arbroath, Angus. At 4.50 on the afternoon of the 5th October, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boat Eight Bells of Arbroath had engine faiJure off Auchmithie....
A Rare Chance to See Five RNLI Lifeboats Together.
X rare chance to see five FtNLI lifeboats together. The occasion was a visit by the Dutch lifeboat sen/ice on 13 January.
L-R; Relief fleet Tyne class lifeboat Good Shepherd, Arbroath Mersey class lifeboat Inchcape,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
An Empty Boat Belonging To The Aberdeen Trawler Bracken Burn
JULY 31ST. - ARBROATH, ANGUS. At 9.30 in the morning a message was received from the coastguard asking that the life-boat should go to a position thirteen miles southeast by east of Arbroath, in answer to a ship’s SOS. The weather was foggy...
Fishing Boats (1)
Broughty Ferry, Angus.—At 5.7 on the evening of the 9th of February, 1953, the Carnoustie coastguard telephoned that the Arbroath coastguard had asked if the life-boat would escort four Arbroath fishing boats into...
A Fishing Boat (5)
OCTOBER 18TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
A fishing boat was overdue, but she reached harbour without help. - Rewards, £8 1s..
Arbroath's 42Ft Watson Lifeboat the Duke of Montrose Went on Station In 1956 She Was Exhibited at the International Lifeboat Conference at Edinburgh In 1963
Arbroath's 42ft Watson lifeboat, The Duke of Montrose, went on station in 1956. - View image in PDF
She was exhibited at the International Lifeboat Conference at Edinburgh in 1963.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
New IRB Stations
The R.N.L.I. is establishing three new inshore rescue boat stations in Scotland at Aberdeen, Arbroath and Dunbar. A new IRB station is also being opened at Horton, Glamorganshire..
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (187)
DECEMBER 20TH. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
A pilot had baled out from a British aeroplane, but he was picked up by a naval vessel. - Rewards, £7 15s. 6d..
None (14)
Arbroath, Angus.—22nd September, 1938. Red flares had been reported from the Bell Rock Lighthouse, but nothing could be found to account for them.—Rewards, £13 8s..
David (Dave) Cargill Mbe,
November 1998 David (Dave) Cargill MBE, Arbroath ex-mechanic. Dave joined the RNLI as as mechanic in 1973 a position he held for 22 years. He was awarded the MBE in 1995..
Category: Obituaries