LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Emperor and Empress of France
—The following account is given of a recent interview between Louis NAPOLEON and a man named LEFEORE, who has been instrumental in saving many lives:—-" How long is it, Lefeore, since I decorated you—and how many men have you saved...
Category: Articles
Formosa
At about 9.30 on the evening of the llth January, signals of distress were observed from a large ship ashore, or nearly so, on the main abreast of Walmer Castle. The weather was very bad with a rough sea and a strong S.W. by S. gale. The...
News from the Branches
Annual Meetings : Station*.
CLACTON.—On 2Ist February, Dr.
J. Coxhead Cook, Chairman of the Branch, presiding. The report for the year ended 3Qth September, 1924, showed that £200 had been collected...
Category: Branches
Phase II and Raven
On service 11 hours ON MONDAY, MAY 31, HM Coastguard informed the honorary secretary of Walmer lifeboat station that a cabin cruiser had broken down in a position some three to four miles south east of the lifeboat station; she was drifting...
Seven Men Rescued from Sinking Lightvessel
AT 9.25 on the night of the 21st of September, 1953, the Tenby coast- guard learnt that the pumps in the St.
Gowan lightvessel had stopped work- ing and that she was in danger of sinking. There were seven men on board the...
Category: Services
Prince
JAN. 16TH. - TORBAY, DEVON. At 6.55 P.M. it was reported that the open motorfishing boat Prince, of Torquay, with three men on board, was overdue on a trip from Torquay to Brixham, and that owing to the poor condition of her engine anxiety...
A Caisson and a Pontoon
Hartlepool, Co. Durham. At 5.25 on the afternoon of the 15th August, 1961, the coxswain told the honorary secre- tary that he had been asked whether, because conditions were growing worse, the life-boat could land a working party from a...
Dorothy and Mary
HOLYHEAD.—Signals of distress were seen in the bay at 8.30 P.M. on the llth December during a very heavy gale from the W.N.W. The Thomas Fielden Life-boat put off and found the schooner Dorothy and Mary, of Carnarvon, coal laden from...
John and Mary
Signals having been fired by the St. Nicholas Light-vessel, and flares having been shown in the direction of the South Scroby Sand at about 1.45 A.M. on the 18th of March, the No. 1 Life-boat, Mark Lane, put off during a fresh E. by S. wind...
Alliance and Golden Light
PENZANCE.—At about 3 A.M., on the 8th December, signals of distress having been observed about a quarter of a mile east of the Albert Quay, the Life-boat Dora was launched and pulled in the direction where the light was first...