LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
March (1)
MARCH MEETING SANDAY, ORKNEYS. On the morning of the 10th December, 1940, flares were seen by the coastguard from the Holms of Ire, where the trawler Alex Hastie, of Aberdeen, had gone ashore, with a crew of ten aboard.
A...
Category: Services
The S.S. Kingfisher
AUGUST 9TH. - PWLLHELI, CAERNARVONSHIRE.
At about 4 P.M. information was received that a steamer making for St. Tudwald’s Road was in need of help.
A S.W. breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth. The...
The S.S. Beacon Grange
AUGUST 23RD. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 10.10 P .M. a message was received from the coastguard that gun-fire and an explosion, followed by tracer bullets, had been observed 9 miles S.E. of Wick.
A further...
Opreisingen of Arendal
On the 30th August, 1859, the brig Oprdsingen, of Arendal, ran on the Bonndnis rock, in Cas- tletown Bay. The master and carpenter landed to procure assistance; but the wind and sea increasing rapidly, it was impossible again to reach her in...
Elizabeth Kloosterboer
RHOSNEIGIR, ANGLESEY.—On the 1st March, at about 3 A.M., a light was seen for a short time, apparently from a vessel off Rhosneigir. The crew of the Life-boat Thomas Lingham assembled, and the boat was got out, but the light disappeared, and...
June
Launches 17. Lives rescued Nil JUNE 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND. At 11.20 A.M. i t was reported by telephone that a small fishing boat was in distress to the south of Berwick pier, and the motor life-boat Elizabeth Newton, on...
Category: Services
Navarre
SEPT. 2ND.- WICK, CAITHNESS-SHIRE.
At about 11.20 P.M. information was received from the coastguard that the trawler Navarre, of Grimsby, was ashore about five miles south of Duncansby Head. A fresh southerly wind was...
A Steamer
A Magnificent Group of Services.
19th~21st November, 1916.
SELDOM, if ever, has there been concentrated within three days of Life-boat work a more splendid series of achievements than those which are...
The S.S. Clavering (1)
SEATON CAREW and HARTLEPOOL, DURHAM.—A terrible disaster, involving the loss of several lives, mostly Lascars, took place on the 31st January at the mouth of the River Tees. The s.s. Clavering, of London, a large vessel of upwards of 3,300...
Lifeboat Services
West Division Steering failure LIVERPOOL COASTGUARD informed the honorary secretary of New Brighton lifeboat station at 1400 on Sunday August 29, 1982, that the yacht Ocea was acting in an erratic manner and appeared to be in difficulties...
Category: Services