LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Delila, of Nantes
On the 19th March, the schooner Delila, of Nantes, went ashore on the Blackrock Strand, in Dundalk Bay, the wind blowing a heavy gale from E.S.E.
at the time. The crew of seven men took to their own boat, and were picked up...
Triumph over trailer
Burnham-on-Sea’s lifeboats were returning from their regular Wednesday night training session on 18 June when the Coastguard asked their crews to investigate a sailor who looked to be in trouble. The man was having difficulty recovering his...
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Management of Boats In a Surf and Broken Water. Second Article
IN our last Number we published some remarks on the management of boats in a surf and broken water, embodying the substance of inquiries made on various parts of the coasts of the United Kingdom, together with our own comments on the same...
Category: Articles
Veravia, of London
Dungeness, Kent.—At 2.15 P.M. on the 13th February, 1938, a local fisherman and the coastguard reported that a barge at anchor in East Bay was flying a distress signal. The sea was very rough, with a moderate N.N.E. gale blowing, and snow...
The Bradford Bazaar. Left to Right: Lord Barnby, Sir-William Priestley and Mr. George F. Shee, M.A., Secretary of the Institution
The Bradford Bazaar Left To Right: Lord Barnby Sir-William Priestley and Mr George F Shee MA Secretary of the Institution. - View image in PDF
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TWO YOUNG MEN TRAPPED IN CAVE St. Ives, Cornwall. At 2.26 on the afternoon of the 18th February, 1962, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that two young men had been trapped by the rising tide at Smuggler's Cave, Hell's...
Shore-Boat Services Rewarded By the Royal National Life-Boat Institution In 1902
Jan. 9.—Five men put off in'a boat and at moderate risk rescued three fishermen whose boat had been overtaken by a S.S.W. gale and a rough sea, on the 23rd December, in Llan- dudno Bay.—Reward, II. 5s.
Jan. 9.—Voted...
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Two Dinghies
Three boats TWO DINGHIES in difficulties were reported to the honorary secretary of Wicklow lifeboat station at 1655 on Monday April 16. The first dinghy, with two adults and five children on board, was a mile south of the lifeboat station...
The Schooner, Sisters of Wick
On the 19th De- cember the schooner Sisters, of Wick, stone laden/lying in Scrabster Bay, showed sig- nals of distress, it blowing very hard from N.N.E. The Thurso life-boat at once pro- ceeded to her assistance, and brought on shore in...
The Life-Belt Used By the Crews of the Life-Boats of the Royal National Life-Boat Institution
The requisite qualities of e, life-boatman's life-belt are— 1. Sufficient extra buoyancy (Tmmimmn 28 Ibi., minimum 25 Ibs.) to support a man heavily clothed, with his head and shoulders above the water, or to enable him to support...
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