LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Aloma (1)
Portrush, Co. Antrim; Campbeltown, Argyllshire; and Donaghadee, Co. Down.
—On the morning of the 12th of July, 1952, a man, together with his wife and two sons, were cruising off the coast of County Antrim in the...
The S.S. Ajuthia
RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.—The usual quietude of Runswick, a small fishing village to the north of Whitby, was considerably disturbed in the early hours of the 1st March by the s.s.
Ajuthia, of London, stranding on the rocks...
Rusken
Barra Island, and Islay, Hebrides. At 12.45 early on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Barra Island life-boat station that the motor vessel Rusken of Oslo, on passage from Liverpool...
Rusken (1)
Barra Island, and Islay, Hebrides. At 12.45 early on the morning of the 2nd of May, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary of the Barra Island life-boat station that the motor vessel Rusken of Oslo, on passage from Liverpool...
Postscript (From Page 119)
the final fruition of this modern policy.
I recall a conversation I had with Cunninghame-Graham in the early days of my lifeboat career, when he said, 'It is not small boats, as at present, stationed in the bights, but...
Category: Articles
A Speed Boat
New recruits in at the deep end It was Gary Roberts' first ever lifeboat service and Dwynwen Parry was only nine months into her probationary period, but under the wing of Helmsman David Jones, they helped to save a family of four from...
H.M. Seilestier
JANUARY 9TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.30 A.M. a message came from the Hoylake coastguard asking that the life-boat should go to an aeroplane reported down off Formby Point, and at 8.40 the Lytham -...
H.M. Seilestier (1)
JANUARY 9TH. - LYTHAM - ST. ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE, AND NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.30 A.M. a message came from the Hoylake coastguard asking that the life-boat should go to an aeroplane reported down off Formby Point, and at 8.40 the Lytham -...
H.M. Tug Swarthy and H.M.S. Saltburn
OCTOBER 25TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. During a south-westerly gale, with very rough seas, the naval authorities at Portsmouth asked the Bembridge life-boat to go to the help of two ships in distress off Horse Sands...
H.M. Tug Swarthy and H.M.S. Saltburn (1)
OCTOBER 25TH. - BEMBRIDGE, ISLE OF WIGHT, AND SELSEY, SUSSEX. During a south-westerly gale, with very rough seas, the naval authorities at Portsmouth asked the Bembridge life-boat to go to the help of two ships in distress off Horse Sands...