LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Boadicea
In consequence of a telegram from Margate that the Tongue lightship was tiring for assistance, the Bradford Lifeboat and steam-tug Vulcan left the harbour at midnight on the 6th December, during a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and a...
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Prince Llewellyn
WORTHING. — The schooner Prince Llewellyn, laden with slate from Portmadoc for Shoreham, stranded about two miles E. of Worthing pier at 2 P.M., on the 20th February, in a strong E.S.E.
breeze, a rough sea and thick weather...
Egmont
At 12.30 A.M. on the 18th December, the smack Alicia brought news of a vessel having gone ashore on the Kentish, Knock Sand. The Life-boat Bradford at once proceeded, in tow of the harbour steamer Vulcan, through the Cudd Channel, and...
A Salmon Fishing Coble
MONTROSE.—-At 5 P.M. on the 8th of January, during a gale from the N.N.W., it was reported that a salmon fishing coble, with four men, was anchored a mile and a-half from Kirkside, and flying signals of distress, being in danger of drifting...
Lewant
NOVEMBER 6TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO.
DOWN. At 10.30 P.M. the coastguard at Donaghadee reported a steamer ashore in Belfast Lough. A moderate N.E. breeze was blowing, but the sea was rough. A later message asked for help, and the...
Swindon's Flag Week Collections Lottery and Souvenir Sales Raised £103681 During the Week In April a Mercantile Credit Co Window Display Featured a Scale Model Li
Swindon's flag week collections, lottery and souvenir sales raised £1,036.81. During the week, in April, a Mercantile Credit Co window display featured a scale model lifeboat made by the late Ken Hemmings, who had been a branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Put Him Down!
Put him down! Warwick ladies' guild committee member, Joan Gill (right) and Central England regional manager, Judith Feeney, have to make do with a dummy lifeboatman as Central Region has no lifeboat stations of its... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Leonard Lawrence
Leonard Lawrence, coxswain of Selsey lifeboat from 1960 until his retirement in 1961. He joined the crew in 1918, and was bowman from 1943 until 1952 when he became second coxswain until his appointment as coxswain in 1960. After his...
Category: Obituaries