LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE.—At 4 A.M.

on the 1st June, the Life-boat English Mechanic, of this station, proceeded out of the river to the assistance of the schooner Aurora, of Christiania, which vessel was ashore on the Coal...

ABERSOCH, CARNARVONSHIRE.—Signals of distress having been shown by the schooner President Garfield, of Amlwch, coal laden from Liverpool for Abersoch, which was lying at anchor in St. Tudwall's Beads during a moderate gale figom the...

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Onslow, of London, carrying crew of twenty-six hands, stranded at Kettle- ness Point during a dense fog on 12th August. She was loaded with coal at the time. Information of the accident reached Bunswick at 8 A.M....

TEN LANDED Holyhead, Anglesey.—At 9.10 on the night of the 7th of January, 1948, the coastguard reported that a small vessel off Salt Island had signalled SOS with a torch, and the motor life- boat A.E.D. was launched at 9.37. A...

Aldeburgh, Suffolk. —On the 20th August the motor barge Mardy, of King's Lynn, ran ashore on the outer shoal at the entrance to the River Aide.

She carried a crew of six, and was bound with a cargo of coal from Boston...

Well dressed: the Derbyshire custom of well dressing is alive and well in Monyash, near Bakewell. This lifeboat theme was discovered by reader, Ernest Bidwell, who also spotted a collecting box in aid of the RNLI nearby. The designs which... - View image in PDF

BROADSTAIRS. — Signals having been shown by the barque Jane Kilgour, of Dundee, during a strong gale from the N.E., snow squalls and a very heavy sea, on the 4th February, the Life-boat Christopher Waud, Sradford, was launched at 1.30 P.M.,...

BOAT SHOW 1975: what a memorable eleven days. Here is a diary of just some of the happenings recorded on the Shoreline stand: Wednesday, January 1 Opening day. Arrive early to prepare stand and display insignia and enrolment forms. Impressed...