LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Notes of the Quarter
In his report on the past year's work at the Annual General Meeting of the Institution, which is given on page 70, Captain the Hon. V. M. Wyndham- Quin, R.N., the Chairman, described the past year as one of outstanding success in the...
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The Dutch Motor Vessels Narwal and Hilda
Margate, Kent. At 2.48 early on the morning of the 27th of January, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a vessel was ashore on the Kentish Knock sands about eighteen miles north-east of Margate. A south- south-easterly...
Autumnal adventures
As things outside take a chillier turn, explore new horizons from the comfort of home
For the artistic eye
Explorers’ Sketchbooks – The Art of Discovery & Adventure by Huw Lewis-Jones and Kari Herbert<...
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Book Reviews
• The Inflatable Boat Book by Kendall McDonald and Malcolm Todd (Pelham Books, £3.75) provides a useful instruction reference for all inflatable boat users and covers a wide field in the present production lines available on the...
Category: Articles
Two Sabre Aeroplanes
Skegness, Lincolnshire.—At 3.32 in the afternoon of the 18th of April, 1952, the coastguard telephoned that two Sabre aeroplanes of the R.C.A.F.
had collided near the Wainfleet bomb- ing range and that a parachute had been...
A Dramatic Rescue Incident Off Shoreham on 25th June, 1967, When 21 Sailing Boats Capsized In a Sudden Squall
A dramatic rescue incident off Shoreham on 25th June, 1967, when 21 sailing boats capsized in a sudden squall.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Triumph
At 5.30 P.M. on the 26fch November, it was reported that a signal of distress had been seen about two miles N.N.E.
from Scoughall, and the Life-boat Norman Clarke was launched. They found the ketch Triumph, of Jersey, in a...
Zephyr
On the 28th February the brig Zephyr parted her anchors and drove on the Scroby Sand. The larger Yarmouth life-boat pro- ceeded under sail to the assistance of her crew, whom she succeeded in taking off, and with one exception landed them in...
The Bar Lightvessel
DEAD MAN REMOVED FROM LIGHTVESSEL New Brighton, Cheshire. At approximately 9.35 on the morning of Saturday the 24th August, 1963, the Marine Department of the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board informed the honorary secretary that a member of...
A Catamaran and a Dinghy
Catamaran aground THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Morecambe lifeboat station was told by Helmsman Keith Willacy at 1515 on Saturday June 6, 1981, that a catamaran aground in the bay had been reported to him; her crew had not been accounted...