LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Sir George Shee
THE LIFE-BOAT FLEET Motor Life-boats, 101 :: Pulling & Sailing Life-boats, 86 LIVES RESCUED from the foundation of the Institution in 1824 to June 23rd, 1931 - 62,610 Sir George Shee.
His Majesty the...
Category: Articles
The Herring Boat Concord
Shortly after midnight on the 8-9th August, the Coxswain was informed by the Coastguard that a fishing-boat was ashore on the rocks behind Keith Inch.
There was a heavy sea running with a strong N.W. breeze at the time, and...
A Vessel (22)
JUNE 25TH. SALCOMBE, DEVON. The coastguard had reported a vessel in distress off Start Point, but nothing could be found.- Rewards, £3 18s..
An Aeroplane (96)
AUGUST 20TH. - GREAT YARMOUTH AND GORLESTON, NORFOLK. An aeroplane had been reported down in the sea five miles N.E. of Winterton. The life-boat was launched at 1.54 P.M. and reached the position given at 3.10. There she saw and spoke to a...
Pilot Me
.—On the morning of the 30th October the coxswain was told that the local fishing boat Pilot Me was at sea. A strong N.E. breeze was blowing, with snow showers, and heavy seas were breaking over the pier exten- sions, and right out to the...
People and Places
Lottery Saturday afternoon shoppers jostled with each other for the best view of the 39th lottery draw. The event took place at 3pm on Saturday, October 31 inside the Poole branch of Tesco's supermarket, by kind permission of branch...
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Donald Searle
Seventeen saved from 75ft yacht aground in gale and 20ft breakersTwo Hayling Island lifeboatmen, Roderick James and Frank Dunster, have been awarded the RNLI's Silver Medal for their part in the rescue of 17 people from a 75ft yacht...
Forest Row Lifeboat Choir Out Carol Singing Last Christmas Conducted By Myfanwy Townsend
Forest Row Lifeboat Choir out carol singing last Christmas, conducted by Myfanwy Townsend. - View image in PDF
photograph by courtesy of Geoffrey Harfield. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Danger of Climbing the Mast of An Open Boat
N the 10th number of this Journal, we remarked on a boat accident, attended with loss of life, which had then recently occurred, through a person climbing the mast of a small boat, and we strongly urged the rash- ness and danger of such a...
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Menai Packet
On the 11th November, at about 5 P.M., the smack Menai Packet, of Carnarvon, bound from Swansea to Newry, with coal, which was riding at anchor in Forthdinllaen Bay, showed a signal of distress.
As the •wiad -was not...