LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nicolaos G. Kulukundis
THE VALUE OF WIRELESS Selsey, Sussex.—At 8.8. in the even- ing of the 15th of April, 1947, the Selsey coastguard reported that on the previous evening a motor launch with a small boat in tow had anchored one and a half miles south of Shelley...
The Danish Coaster Lady Kamilla (2)
Storm search A PROLONGED SEARCH was made by Padstow, St Ives and Clovelly lifeboats in a south-westerly storm for the Danish coaster Lady Kamilla, which foundered off Trevose Head on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1977, and for her crew of nine...
A Taxi
Two saved from taxi stranded on causeway West Mersea South East Division West Mersea's Atlantic 21 lifeboat carried out a somewhat unusual rescue on 26 January when she was called to a taxi stranded on the causeway to a nearby island.<...
James
During the evening of the llth August a breeze sprang up very suddenly from the S.S.W., and continued to freshen until there was a fresh gale. At 11 P.M.
signals of distress were seen from the ketch James, of Cardigan, on...
Stephen
TOW FOR MOTOR BOAT At 1.55 p.m. on 24th October, 1964, the east pier watchman told the honorary secretary that a motor boat had broken down and was drifting in moderate seas and a corresponding north-westerly breeze off Ramsgate. At 2.5,...
A Fishing Punt
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—At 11.35 on the morning of the llth of December, 1950, a local fishing punt was seen flying an oilskin coat from an oar two miles north-east of Ballycotton Har- bour. Ten minutes later the life-boat Mary...
Royal Empire
NOV 13TH. - WHITBY, YORKSHIRE.
Shortly after 11 A.M. the small fishing coble Royal Empire was expected to enter the harbour. The breeze from the S.W. was light but a ground swell was breaking at the harbour entrance. At...
Book Reviews
MR. C. R. BENSTEAD in Shallow Waters (Robert Hale, 21/-), has produced an engaging, lustily written account of almost anything which may happen and has happened in the coastal waters of Britain. His range is extensive.
On...
Category: Articles
A Memorandum on Salvage*
THE following memorandum has been prepared for guidance after consultation with underwriters. The memorandum deals only with the more salient aspects of salvage, and must not be regarded as an exhaustive submission on the law of salvage.<...
Category: Articles
Lady Gay
flfracombe, Devon.—At 12.45 in the afternoon, on the 13th of May, 1951,the coastguard telephoned that Bull Point lighthouse reported a motor yacht burning a red flare off Brandy Cove. At 1.0 the life-boat Richard Silver Oliver was...