LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Bridesmaid
Islay, Inner Hebrides.—At 2.16 in the morning of the 30th of December, 1948, the Kilchoman coastguard telephoned that a distress call had been sent out by the Fleetwood steam trawler Brides- maid, which was ashore at the north end of Islay...
The S.S. Asia
Penlee, Cornwall. At eleven o'clock on the morning of the 2nd of February, 1959, the port medical officer told the honorary secretary that the s.s. Asia of Liverpool, which was then three miles south-south-west of Carn Du, was making for...
Crossword competition
WINNER OF THE WINTER journal crossword competition, compiled by Coxswain Arthur Liddon of Dover, is S. N.
Perkins of Kingston-on-Thames; his was the first correct solution (shown on the right) to be drawn after the closing...
Category: Articles
Granton Osprey
Nine from rocks AS REPORTED on page 15, the silver medal of the RNLI was awarded to Coxswain George Leith, of the Lerwick, Shetland, lifeboat for the part he played in the rescue of nine men from the trawler Granton Osprey in hurricane force...
Kerry
Running into danger ON THE AFTERNOON of Friday September 11, 1981, the 26ft yacht Kerry left Douglas, Isle of Man, bound for Glasson Dock, Lancaster, crewed by two men.
Although the weather and visibility were good, there...
Moyallon
SILVER MEDAL SERVICE AT TROON DECEMBER 6TH. - TROON, AYR-SHIRE During the afternoon a whole gale from the north-west was blowing, with a very heavy sea running and fierce squalls of hail. It was described as the worst on that coast for many...
Foxhound
On the night of the 18th October the honorary secretary received word from West Angle and St. Ann's Head that rockets were being fired in Mill Bay. A moderate S.S.E. gale was blowing, with a rough sea, and visibility was...
Sarah's Cash Concert
Rising country-rock star Sarah Jory (left) played a special solo acoustic concert on 6 October in aid of the Wells lifeboat-raising £1,700.
Sarah, who has been gigging non-stop in the UK and abroad for the past five... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Obituaries
Deaths Mrs Chater-Hughes - Malvern fundraising branch member Charlie Cocks - former Redcar lifeboat station Crew Member, Mechanic and Signaller, and Station Administrator since 1992 Ken Eade - former Scarborough lifeboat station Coxswain...
Category: Obituaries
Brooke Marine Ltd
Brooke Marine Limited SHIPBUILDERS-ENGINEERS AND CONSULTING NAVAL ARCHITECTS ESTABLISHED 1874 THAMES Type 50 ft Self-Righting Length overall 50' 0" Beam 14' 6* Displacement 23.5 tons Fuel Capacity 400 imp, gallons Twin General...
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