LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Fisher Boy, of Wick
JANUARY 24TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 12.5 in the afternoon a fisherman telephoned from Melvick that a fishing boat was in distress about seven miles east of Port Skerra, and the motor life-boat...
Offshore Lifeboat Services March April and May 1980
Aith, Shetland May 28 Aldeburgh, Suffolk April 8 Angle, Dyfed April 12 Arbroath, Angus May 11 and 13 Arranmore, Co Donegal March 7 and 26 Barra Island, Inverness-shire April 7 Barrow, Cumbria March 24 and May 16 Barry Dock, South Glamorgan...
Category: Services
Joint Exercise
An exercise was held in May, 1968, in which an R.A.F. Shackleton from Kinloss co-operated with the Lerwick life-boat. The exercise took place at night.
The Inspector of No. 2 Life-boat Area, Lt.-Cmdr. L. A. Forbes, R.N.,...
Category: Articles
Bronze Medal for a Brave Irish Boy
As our readers know, the Institution makes awards for all rescues or attempted rescues of those in peril from shipwreck round the coasts of the United Kingdom, whether the rescues are performed by the Life-boat crews themselves or by private...
Category: Medals
The Morecambe Bay Lightvessel
FATHER WAS ILL Fleetwood, Lancashire. At 2.30 p.m.
on 13th April, 1964, the superintendent of the Trinity House depot at Holyhead informed the honorary secretary that the father of one of the crew members of the Morecambe...
A Bedraggled But Unharmed Molly
A bedraggled but unharmed Molly in the arms of Walmer crew member Derek Brown - and showing a new use for a lifeline!. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ada (1)
On the 14th November, at about 5.30 P.M., an easterly gale suddenly sprang up, accompanied by a heavy sea. The schooner Ada, of Beaumaris, bound from Plymouth to Buncorn, with china clay, had taken refuge in the bay, as she was leaking badly...
Ben Glas
Nov. 30TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. At 5.49 P . M the coastguard reported red rockets and flares from a vessel bearing E.N.E. from Caister.
A W.S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The motor...
Doy
Newhaven, Sussex. At 11.25 on the night of the 3rd September, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a yacht was ashore east of the river Cuckmere. At 11.55 the life- boat Kathleen Mary was launched in a gentle...
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