LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Get a warm glow
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Santa Gata and Norwegian Tanker Realf (1)
DEC. 1ST. - CROMER, NORFOLK, AND THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. Shortly after 7 P.M. a message was received from the coastguard that a vessel standing by two and a half miles north of the life-boat station wished to land a rescued crew. A westerly...
The Norwegian Oil Tanker Beuston and Dudley Rose
APRIL 9TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. The Norwegian oil-tanker Beuston and the British steamer Dudley Rose sailing in convoy had been attacked by German aeroplanes, and the tanker had been set on fire. The sea was a mass of flame for 150-500 yards...
Socoa
A large full- rigged ship went ashore off Cadgwith oil the evening of the 1st August in a fresh southerly breeze and moderate sea, the Life-boat Minnie Moon was launched with all despatch and pro- ceeded alongside her....
Lady Alice
Hastings, Sussex. At 11.55 on the morning of the 1st July, 1961, the coast- guard informed the honorary secretary that there had been an explosion, followed by fire, on board a vessel about two and a half miles off the Fairlight estate....
The S.S. Hamilton
On the 27th Feb- ruary the s.s. Hamilton, of Stranraer, bound light from Port William to Maryport, was overtaken by bad weather, and dropped anchor in Port Yerrick bay. A whole southerly gale was blowing, with rain and snow, and a very heavy...
Lifeboat—In Danger's Hour'
THE RNLI'S PHOTOGRAPHIC ARCHIVES contain thousands of lifeboat pictures which not only document the progress in boats and equipment but also provide an insight to changing social conditions.
The selection on these pages...
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Moneta and Other Yachts
Newhaven, Sussex. — At five in the afternoon, on the 27th of May, 1950, the coastguard telephoned a Brighton police report that a yacht was in dis- tress one mile off Saltdean. At 5.12 the life-boat Cecil and Lilian Philpott was...
Cold can kill
In 1945 a committee was set up by the Admiralty to investigate the cause of loss of life after sinking in the last war, when it was estimated that between 30,000 and 40,000 probably died after successfully abandoning ship. As a result of...
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Urmajo
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 2.19 early on the morning of the 18th of May, 1955, the coastguard telephoned that a vessel had run on to the Goodwin Sands, inside the Xorth Goodwin buoy, and was firing rockets. At 2.38 the life- boat Greater London,...