LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Countess of Zetland
GREAT YARMOUTH.—Intelligence was received on the morning of the 27th December that the brig Countess of Zetland, of Wells, was ashore on the beach. A strong S. by E. wind was blowing, and a heavy sea running at the time. The Abraham Thomas...
Mary Lloyd of Carnarvon & Brigantine Rebecca, of Carnarvon
On the morning of the 19th March the schooner Man/ Lloyd, of Carnarvon, came into Fish-guard Bay, and anchored in a very exposed part of it. In the afternoon, the wind sud- denly shifted to the N.N.E., and blew a terrific gale, the sea soon...
The Fraserburgh Fishing Vessel John Scott
Engine failure IN A STRONG north-north-easterly gale, force 9, and snow showers, the skipper of the Fraserburgh fishing vessel, John Scott, contacted Shetland coastguard at 1945 on Wednesday April 24, 1985 to report that his engine had...
Northumbrian Coast and the Egyptian Prince
Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 5.3 on the afternoon of the 4th of March, 1953, the coastguard reported that two vessels had been in collision near Lower Hope Buoy and that one was beginning to sink. The life-boat Greater London, Civil Service No...
The Twin-engined Cabin Cruiser Eldora
CABIN CRUISER TAKEN IN TOW Sennen Cove, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the morning of the 9th July, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a cabin cruiser appeared to have broken down two miles north of Cape Cornwall....
Clacton Second Coxswain Drowned.
Frank Castle, second coxswain of the Clacton-on-Sea life-boat for 19 years, lost his life in a gale in April. The life-boat had gone out to a barge, and the coxswain put Castle, the bowman and the assistant motor mechanic on board to help...
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82 Works for the Life-Boats
The mother of Mr. Selby Davidson, the honorary secretary of the Tynemouth branch, who is now in her 82nd. year, has made over £5 for the branch by making and selling dish-cloths..
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Weather Reports and Forecasts In the Daily Newspapers
By Rear-Admiral FITZ-ROY, F.R.S.
KNOWING these circumstances, and having accurate statistical observations of these various currents, at selected outlying stations, showing pressure (or tension), temperature, and relative...
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The Arklow Lightvessel's Tender Willie Wag
Arklow, Co. Wicklow.—At 12.43 on the afternoon of the 1st of June, 1953, the Arklow lightvessel wirelessed that her tender Willie Wag, of Arklow, with a crew of four, had broken down after leaving the lightvessel. This message was heard...
The Danish Fishing Vessel Jane Harbo
Lerwick, Shetlands - At 3.36 a.m. on 8th January, 1967, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the Danish fishing vessel Jane Harbo had requested urgent medical assistance for a member of her crew who had been involved in an...