LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Democrat
Shortly after 1 AM on the 13th October j a deplorable disaster overtook the St. David's Life-boat, Gam, after she had rescued three men from the ketch j Democrat, of Barnstaple. The Democrat was riding with her two anchors down on...
Fishing Cobles
During the forenoon on the 16th No- vember, when the fishing-cobles were at sea, the wind freshened to a gale and the sea became very heavy. Some of the boats at once ran for safety, but at about 10.30 A.M. nine of the cobles were still at...
The Fundraisers
Boule me over! Treliske Cellar Supplies of Truro are staunch supporters of the lifeboat service. Five years ago the company's managing director, Bill Peaker, came up with the idea of playing the French game ofboule and organised the...
Category: Articles
Local heroes
Arbroath’s Mersey class lifeboat Inchcape launched at 9.45pm on 26 November 2010, to go to the aid of a fishing boat in difficulty in 6m seas and force 8 winds. If the vessel had maintained her course, she would have gone aground on Gaa...
Category: Articles
Tay, of Dundee
During a strong gale from the S.S.E. on the 30th November, it was reported that the schooner Toy, of Dundee, was on shore on the Gaa Sand, at the mouth of the Tay.
The Mary Hartley life-boat was thereupon at once launched,...
Besse, of Sunderland
On the 17th November, during a strong gale of wind from the E.N.E., the brig Bessie, of Sunderland, was observed to anchor in a dan- gerous position near this life-boat station, and the City of Worcester life-boat accordingly went out, and...
Prince of Wales' Day In London. The Prince Arriving at Lambeth Town Hall
The Prince Arriving at Lambeth Town Hall. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Fire Brigade Help on Life-Boat Day at Newcastle-On-Tyne
The Fire Brigade Help On Life-Boat Day at Newcastle-On-Tyne. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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FEBRUARY 8TH. - KILLYBEGS, CO. DONEGAL. A flashing light had been reported, but it was found to come from a dan (a buoy with a flag or a light attached), belonging to a trawler engaged in fishing.- Rewards, £13 2s. 6d.
Review. "The Story of the Sea: The Sea, Its History and Romance." By Frank C. Bowen (Halton and Truscott Smith. Vol. I. 15s. Net)
MB. BOWEN has performed a public ser- vice in writing this book, which sets forth in a straightforward, and at times almost prosaic, way the romantic history of the sea and its ships. We use the word " prosaic " advisedly, for what...
Category: Articles