LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Fishing Boat (1)
On the South and East Coasts.
On the south coast the Weymouth Motor Life-boat was out for nearly six hours, from 6.30 in the evening until after midnight, in response to the S.U.S.
of the steam-tanker M....
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the house for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 240 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
A Life-Boat Medallist on His Visit to London
SECOND-Coxswain James Sim, of Fraserburgh, one of the medallists who was present at the Annual Meeting, was interviewed on his return home by the Fraserburgh correspondent of The Fishing News about his visit to London, and this is what he...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
HENDON, SUNDERLAND.—As the re- sult of a shipwreck, with loss of life, at Ryhope Point, Sunderland, the ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has, on the strong representation of the Local Committee, formed a Life-boat station at Hendon Beach...
Category: Articles
A Small Fishing Boat
Padstow, Cornwall.—30th May. A small fishing boat was out in a rough sea, but got into safety unaided.—• Rewards, £2 16s..
A Motor Boat
13th July. A motor boat was wrecked, but her crew of two swam ashore.—Rewards, £14 15s. Qd..
A Sailing Boat (2)
AUGUST 15TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. A sailing boat had been reported missing, but she could not be found. - Rewards, £8 13s. 9d..
A Ship’s Boat
JULY 11TH. - ARRANMORE, CO.DONEGAL. A ship’s boat was drifting, but no one was on board. - Rewards, £5 9s. 6d.
YACHT IN DISTRESS
YARMOUTH | 10 DECEMBER
The all-weather lifeboat crew based at Yarmouth, Isle of Wight, headed to the aid of two sailors whose yacht was in danger of losing its mast. The yacht had serious rigging failure, leaving the sailors at...
Category: Services
The Rowing Boat
Margate, Kent.—At 12.15 on the after- noon of the llth of November, 1954, the coastguard telephoned that a smallboat with four men in it was in diffi- culties between one and a half and two miles west of Herne Bay pier.
At...