LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
American Ship Breaks In Two
AT 5.18 on the afternoon of the 20th of August, 1952, a Liberian ship wire- lessed that the S.S. Western Farmer, of New York, on passage from Norfolk (Virginia) to Bremen with a cargo of coal, had been in collision with the Norwegian tanker...
Category: Services
The Three-Masted Brigantine Emerald, of Liverpool
HOLYHEAD.—The three-masted brigantine Emerald, of Liverpool, was seen flying a signal of distress during a strong 8. gale and a rough sea on the morning of the 13th December. The Life-boat Thomas' Fielden was launched to the assistance...
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HOYLAKE, CHESHIRE. On the afternoon of the 30th June, 1941, two women with two small children were cut off by the rising tidebetween the baths and wooden jetty at Hoylake. The weather was fine and the sea calm. Their plight was seen from the...
Category: Services
Discussing the Merits of Their Atlantic 21 and Spidot Launching Trolley With Edward Heath Are Two Members of Littlestone-On- Sea Ilb Crew Charlie Davies and Paul
Discussing the merits of their Atlantic 21 and SPIDOT launching trolley with Edward Heath are two members of Littlestone-on- Sea ILB crew, Charlie Davies and Paul Reed.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The New Brighton Life-Boat Rescuing the Crew of the Emile Delmas, 24th November, 1928. The Finest Service of the Year
(It should be noted that in ordinary circumstances the mast would not be lying across the net, but the Coxswain was compelled to stow it, as both steamer and Life-boat were rolling heavily.) This is a reproduction of a painting by Mr....
Category: Drawings
The Motor Fishing Boats Laura and Prospector
JAN. 9TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN.
Early in the afternoon a man reported that his son and two other men who had gone out in the motor fishing boat Laura to shoot cod lines had not returned when...
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JULY 5TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
Red flares had been reported, but a search, during which a floating mine was seen, found nothing. - Rewards, £6 12s..
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NOVEMBER 9TH. - BUCKIE, BANFFSHIRE.
An airman was reported to have baled out, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £15 12s..
Sir George Shee: An Appreciation
THE Royal National Life-boat Institu- tion has had only four secretaries during the 107 years of its existence. The first was Thomas Edwards, who served from 1824 to 1850. Richafd Lewis (1850 to 1883) and Charles Dibdin (1883 to 1910) were...
Category: Articles
Miners and the Life-Boat Service
ON the 18th September a very successful procession took place at Ashington, and as a result of it and of a ball which followed, a sum of over £174 was raised for the Institution. Ashington is a min- ing village, and the Day was...
Category: Articles