LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Monte Nuria
Cromer, Norfolk.—At 8.32 in the morning of the 25th of August, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Monte Nuria, of Bilbao, bound from Immingham to Buenos Aires with a cargo of coal, was aground at Sheringham. She had struck a sub-...
The Henry Blogg. The First Sea Lord's Tribute to the Life-Boat Service
IN December, 1945, the Institution sent to Cromer one of the first two of a new type of 46-feet Watson -cabin life-boat. In them, for the first time, the steering wheels were placed amidships instead of at the stern. This boat was sent to...
Category: Inaugurations
Where the Robsons Work
The Fame Islands and the Northumberland Coast. Photograph taken from the top of the Longstone Lighthouse.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Photography at Sea – techniques for capturing amazing photographs afloat
Photography at Sea – techniques for capturing amazing photographs afloat
by Patrick Roach and Fred Barter
Review by Tony Roddam
Patrick Roach learned his craft in the swinging sixties at the...
Category: Articles
An Aeroplane (5)
Donaghadee, Co. Down.—4th June, 1939. An aeroplane had been reported to have fallen into the sea, but later news was received that she was safe.— Rewards, £4 10s..
An Aeroplane (24)
OCT. 5TH. - CROMER, NORFOLK. An aeroplane was reported to have sent out a distress signal, but nothing could be found.
-Rewards, £26 2s..
An Aeroplane’s Dinghy (1)
OCTOBER 25TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE.
An aeroplane’s dinghy was reported to have been seen, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £12 8s..
An Aeroplane (35)
OCTOBER 4TH. - RUNSWICK, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had been reported to have crashed in the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £24 17s..
An Aeroplane (57)
APRIL 11TH. - SWANAGE, DORSET. A burning aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing except a patch of oil was found. - Rewards, £8 8s..
An Aeroplane (170)
NOVEMBER 5TH. - RHYL, FLINTSHIRE.
A British aeroplane was reported to have crashed into the sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards, £23 1s. 6d..