LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Southern Africa
THE second of three life-boats which are a gift to the British Life-boat Service from the people of Southern Africa, was stationed at Dover in 1949. The first, named the Field- Marshal and Mrs. Smuts, went to Beaumaris, Anglesey, in 1945....
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Rowan Tree
Thurso, Caithness-shire. At 6.45 p.m. on I2th January, 1966, the Wick coastguard informed the honorary secretary that they had received a distress call from the fishing vessel Rowan Tree which stated that she was in a sinking condition near...
Nelson
DECEMBER 5TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At 8.10 A.M. a message was received from the coastguard at Warden Point that a vessel two miles to the north-east was burning flares. A westerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At 8.25 A.M. the...
A Sailing Dinghy
On the evening of the 24th September a message was re- ceived from the lighthouse-keeper on Ross Island that a sailing dinghy with two men had gone ashore on Richard- son's Rock, which is between Ross Island and the mainland. The men had...
The S.S. Brightside (1)
Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.—On the 22nd February the s.s. Brightside, of Middlesbrough, ran on to Shingle Bank, while bound from St. Kevern for London with a cargo of granite.
She was not in immediate danger, and preparations...
Royal Helmsman:
Royal helmsman: Prince Michael ( Kent aboard Huv/ini; Island's Atlantic 21 lifeboat. The Prince had e presseil n wish (f nM&r a private visit to a lifeboat station and in May his wish wax fulfilled -lien Selsey'.s 47fl Tyne... - View image in PDF
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The S.S. Roumelian & The S.S. Nazaire
At 5.40 P.M. on 15th May the Ventnor Coastguard telephoned Brooke and Yarmouth that the s.s. Roumelian, of Liverpool, bound laden from London to Alexandria, had been in collision with the s.s. St. Nazaire about twenty- four miles S.E. by E....
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RESCUE FROM ROCKS At 8.15 p.m. on 24th May, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the local life-saving apparatus team was on its way to the Little Orme because two young men were stranded. At 8.30 the life-boat The Lilly...
Port Isaac Ilb Stood By While An Attempt Was Made on October 5 1975 to Rescue Bullocks Which Had Fallen Down the Cliff at Port Quin
Port Isaac ILB stood by while an attempt was made, on October 5, 1975, to rescue bullocks which had fallen down the cliff at Port Quin. - View image in PDF
photographs by courtesy of E. J. Watts, Rock. - View image in PDF
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