LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Arethusa, of Blyth
On the 6th Januaty the brig Arefhuaa, of Myth, wfcnt ashore on the Gross Sand, near Grest Yarmouth. The Caister life-boat was immediately launched, and proceeded, under sail, to the rescue of her Crew, eight in number, whom she suc- ceeded...
On the rocks
Two sailors clung to a ledge beneath Welsh cliffs, lashed by waves with the tide rising around them
With the sea and wind driving directly onto the rocky shoreline, this would be an extremely...
Category: Articles
The Fundraisers
Appeal reaches £75,000 BBC Radio Cleveland's Lifeboat 2000 Appeal has now reached the target of €75,000 to purchase an Atlantic 75 class inshore lifeboat for Hartiepool.
The news was broken to thousands of...
Category: Articles
A Gift of Shamrock
The Duchess of Kent and the three Irishmen (See page 164). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Union, of Fraserburgh
AUGUST 30TH. - PETERHEAD, ABERDEENSHIRE At 11.35 at night the coastguard reported flares about one mile off North Head. A light south-south-east wind was blowing. There was a heavy swell. The motor life-boat Julia Park Barry of Glasgow was...
Henrietta, of Goole
A month later, on the night of 22nd December, the Gorleston Motor Life-boat was launched with a full blowing from the N.E. and a gale very got up very o'clock. The ketch Henrietta, of Goole, was lying in the Yarmouth Roads with two...
Vermont, of Halifax
on 20th Oct., saved 16 men from the barque Vermont, of Halifax..
Nimrod, of Castletown
on 9th Feb., saved 3 men from the lugger Nimrod, of Castletown..
Jane Ellen, of Aberystwith
At mid- night on the 20th January, during a heavy gale from E.S.E., the schooner Jane Ellen, of Aberystwith, was observed dragging her anchors, in a very dangerous position off this place. The Royal Berkshire life-boat was immediately manned...