LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Motor Fishing Vessels Elegant and Iris
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire. At 2.56 on the afternoon of the 23rd of October, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that the motor fishing vessel Elegant was standing by the motor fishing vessel Iris of Buckle, which was leaking...
The Sailing Barge British Oak
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.41 in the morning of the 13th of September, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the sailing barge British Oak, of London, had sunk on the Buxey Sands.
Her two masts could be seen. The motor life...
Star of Meavagh
Youghal, Co. Cork.—At 6.30 on the evening of the 10th of August, 1957, the fishing vessel Star of Meavagh, of Skibbereen, skippered by the honorary secretary, had not arrived in the har- bour as expected. The honorary sec- retary's wife,...
Morning: Harold Appleton One of the Shoreline Bout Show Team Talking to Crew Member Lex Fay of Blyth
Morning: Harold Appleton, one of the Shoreline Bout Show team, talking to Crew Member Lex Fay of Blyth.. - View image in PDF
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Palestine, of Whitby
The new boat, presented by the Free- masons of "Warwickshire, and named the Lady Leigh, soon inaugurated its mission of mercy, it having been called out on service on the evening of Sunday the 10th Nov. The brig Palestine, of Whitby,...
Wild Rose, of Brixham
The Cromer life-boat put out to the assistance of the dismasted brig Wild Hose, of Brixham, and at the request of the master stayed by her for several hours, when two steam-tugs arrived to tow the vessel into Yarmouth Harbour.
Crystal, of Dieppe
Exmouth, Devon.—The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet Eaton was launched at 4.52 P.M. on the 15th November, as the coastguard had reported that a trawler, at anchor one mile off West Bay, was in need of help. She had asked for a tug earlier...
The Dutch Motor Ship Ooster Haven
DECEMBER 17TH. - EXMOUTH, DEVON.
At 4.20 in the afternoon a call was received from a vessel in distress off Beer Head. A strong south-south-west wind was blowing, with a rough sea. The motor life-boat Catherine Harriet...
Hattie B, of Liverpool
On the 10th Feb- ruary the Courtinacsherry Life-boat, the City of Dublin, rendered assistance to the brigantine Hattie B, of Liverpool, which had got disabled in a gale of wind, and been driven on the "Black Tom" Rock in...
One Good Turn
ON October 27th last the Life-boat at Fenit, Tralee Bay, on the west coast of Ireland, was called out to the help of three men who had put off in a tender to a fishing-smack, anchored a mile off shore. A strong gale was blow- ing, and though...
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