LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
June (1)
JUNE MEETING CARNE, Co. WEXFORD. On the night of the 16th March, 1941, the steam trawler Thomas Booth, of Milford Haven, when on her way to the fishing grounds, ran on to the Whelkeen Rock, a mile off shore, S.S.E. of Wexford. The weather...
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Notes of the Quarter from Page 183
crew acquitted themselves with distinction in spite of the fact that two of the members were in their 50s. Rowing an unfamiliar type of craft known as a Monamoy, they won their heat against a formidable crew representing the US National...
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Mystic Tie
ST. DAVID'S.—On the 11th November, at 5 P.M., it was reported that there was vessel stranded on Ramsay Island. The crew of the Life-boat Augusta immediately proceeded to the station, rockets and blue lights were fired, but no answer was...
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At 11 P.M.
on the 14th January, during a strong S.W. gale with a heavy sea, signals of distress were observed from a vessel about two miles to the E. of Caldy Island. The Life - boat William and Mary Devey was promptly...
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Whitehills, Banffshire.—At 6.22 on the evening of the 4th of August, 1957, the coastguard telephoned to say a small boat had broken down and needed help two miles north-west of Banff. The life-boat St. Andrew (Civil Service No. 10) was...
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Forecasts of Weather
By VICE-ADMIRAL E. Fitz-Roy, F.R.S.
THE Life-Boat Journal having aided practical meteorology, the following memorandum, ' as a general answer to numerous observations and questions, may interest its readers: j and as...
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An 850Cc Mini Was the Prize In a Lottery Run By Filey Lions Club Throughout the Summer on the Coble Landing Filey a Cheque for £5350 Being 50 Per Cent of the Total Raised Was Handed Over To
An 850cc Mini was the prize in a lottery run by Filey Lions Club throughout the summer on the Coble Landing, Filey. A cheque for £5,350, being 50 per cent of the total raised, was handed over to Commander P. E.... - View image in PDF
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The Use of a Line Thrown to Wrecked Vessels from the Shore
IT is a commonly-received opinion, that if a line can only be thrown over a stranded vessel, the salvation of those on board her is almost secured. It seems to be presumed that those at either end of this slender com- munication, after...
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Signals for Life-Boat Stations
THE want having been often felt of some general system of signals for intercommu- nication, on occasions of shipwreck, between life-boat stations when within signal distance of each other, the Committee have caused the following simple plan...
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