LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Arielle
Filey, Yorkshire. —At 10.57 on the morning of the 17th of August, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that the motor cruiser Arielle, of Leith, had broken down five miles east-north-east of Filey Brigg, and at 11.10 the life- boat The Cuttle was...
The British Railways Ferry Princess Victoria (1)
On the 31st of January, 1953, the British Railways ferry Princess Victoria sank in a gale in the Irish Sea.
The Portpatrick, Donaghadee, Clou- ghey and Newcastle, Co. Down, life- boats were all launched on service.
Maggie Deas
Hartlepool, Durham.—At 5.35 on the evening of the 18th of October, 1953, the coastguard rang up to say that a fishing coble had burnt flares two miles north of Heugh lighthouse. At 5.55 the life-boat The Princess Royal, Civil Service No. 7...
Care
At about 5.30 A.M. on the 10th January a vessel was seen drifting before a S.E.
gale in Bridlington Bay. Information was given to the Life-boat authorities, and the Life-boat George and Jane Walker was launched and...
The S.S. Camlough
POETPATEICK, WlGTOWNSHIEE and DONAGHADEB, Co. DOWN.—The Port- patrick Motor Life-boat J. and W., and the Donaghadee Motor Life-boat Wil- liam and Laura were both launched on the 13th January to the s.s. Camlough, of Belfast, the...
PATRICK MURPHY
Ex-Coxswain Patrick Murphy, of Newcastle, Co. Down, a gold medal holder, died on 28th January, 1969, at the age of 81. His first recorded service with the life-boats was in 1914, and in 1942 he won the gold medal for rescuing 39 men under...
Category: Obituaries
Janetta
Workington, Cumberland - At 11.34 p.m. on 5th February, 1969, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the fishing boaiJanetta, with a crew of two, had broken down six and a half miles north west of Workington. At 11.54 the...
Blue Bell
Bembridge, Isle of Wight - At 4.43 p.m. on 1st May, 1969, a local resident told the honorary secretary that a yacht was firing flares about one mile east of the life-boat station. At 4.54 the life-boat Jesse Lumb slipped her moorings in a...
Kells Bay
At 5.50 p.m. on 25th June, 1969, it was learnt that the fishing vessel Kells Bay was drifting half a mile off shore at Bull head. The life-boat Peter and Sarah Blake, on temporary duty at the station, slipped her moorings in a strong south...
Sea Witch
Filey, Yorkshire - At 2.30 p.m. on 10th November, 1969, news was received that red flares had been sighted under Bempton cliffs. The life-boat Robert & Dorothy Hardcastle was launched at 2.41 in a fresh west south westerly wind with a...