LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE

St. Ives, Cornwall.—The s.s. Alba was wrecked on the night of the 31st January, 1938, and although capsized, the life-boat rescued eighteen of the crew.—Rewards, silver medal, bronze medals, vellums, letters of thanks, and monetary awards...

Holyhead, Anglesey - At 12.7 a.m.

on i8th September, 1966, the Liberian motor vessel Tyne Ore had a sick man on board who required urgent medicalattention. The life-boat St. Cybi (Civil Service No. 9) was launched at i.io....

Tenby, September 29, 1986: Summer was officially over, yet on this day Tenby was bustling with visitors, and overcast skies cleared miraculously by afternoon allowing the sun to shine warmly on a town celebrating a very special event. It was... - View image in PDF

PENMON, ANGLESEY.—On the 22nd December, 1886, the schooner Jubilee, of Preston, bound from Liverpool for Dundalk with a cargo of coal, was seen to run aground on the Causeway Kocks, near Puffin Island, during a strong breeze from the N.W....

Weston-super-Mare, Somerset. — At 12.45 on the morning of the 9th of February, 1954, the Nell's Point coastguard reported that the S.S. Ivor Isabel, of London, and the S.S. Aase Maersk, of Nyborg, Denmark, had been in collision between...

SEVERAL COBLES ESCORTED IN ROUGH SEA Scarborough, Yorkshire. During the early morning of the 16th January, 1963, the easterly wind increased to gale force and anxiety was felt for the safety of six local fishing boats which were still at sea...

OCT. 30TH. - PETERHEAD, AND ABERDEEN.

At 11.15 P.M. a message was received at Peterhead from the coastguard that a vessel was sinking three miles east of Rattray Head, and that two vessels were standing...

Nov. 4TH. - DOVER, KENT. A Greek steamer was reported to be in distress through enemy action and the life-boat put out with a naval officer on board. She was recalled, however, when she had entered the danger area. She had seen nothing of...