LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Equestrian
BUCKIE, N.B.—On the morning of the 15th October, while the wind was blowing very hard from the N.N.E., a telegramwas received from the chief officer of Coastguard at Port Gordon, about two miles to the westward of this place, stating that a...
Sultan & Pet
About 3.30 P.M. on the 6th March a ketch was seen trying to beat up for Tenby Roads, but when about three-and-a-half miles off, her canvas was all blown away.
There was a whole N.N.W. gale at the time and the sea was very...
The Motor Fishing Coble Mayflower
Whitby, Yorkshire.—-During the morning of the 4th December the motor fishing coble Mayflower, at sea north of Whitby, appeared to be in difficulties, and a watch was kept on her. A strong, squally N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea....
Oriel, of Howth
JUNE 4TH. - HOWTH, CO. DUBLIN. At 6.30 in the evening a yacht was seen endeavouring to make Howth, and the keeper of the Baily Lighthouse was asked to keep a watch on her. About nine o’clock he telephoned that the yacht was drifting to sea...
The Ramsey Fishing Smack Majestic
SEPTEMBER 10TH. - RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN. At 5.12 in the afternoon the coastguard reported that the Ramsey fishing smack Majestic had not returned from the fishing grounds. A southerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. A further message was...
John Francis
AUGUST 5TH. - NEWCASTLE, CO. DOWN. At 4.10 P.M. a message was received from the Newcastle coastguard that a local fishing boat was in distress three to four miles east of the coastguard station, and at 4.30 P.M. the motor life-boat L. P. and...
Start
Cromer, Norfolk. At i.io a.m.
on 16th January, 1966, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had received a message from the North Haisbro lightvessel that red flares had been sighted in a position six...
A Punt and a Canoe
THREE LIFE-BOAT CALLS IN FOUR HOURS Moelfre, Anglesey. At 1.20 on the afternoon of Friday, August 23rd, 1963, the Moelfre coastguard reported that an 8-foot punt with two on board was in serious difficulties four and a half miles south-south...
Deterioration of Our Merchant Seamen
ENGLAND—that is to say, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland—is a great, a wealthy, a populous, and a powerful country. But it is likewise essentially a maritime one. If not maritime it would have been nothing; for without that...
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LIFE-BOATS
The following additional life-boat services took place in May and August, 1969: No. 4 Life-boat Area Lowestoft, Suffolk - At 1.12 p.m. on 23rd August, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht had capsized off Benacre...
Category: Services