LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Steamer (22)
JULY 15TH. - HOLYHEAD, ANGLESEY.
A steamer was reported to have been bombed and sunk by enemy aeroplanes, but the lifeboat found nothing except a patch of oil.
Another vessel picked up an injured man in a...
An Aeroplane (25)
JULY 26TH. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE.
An aeroplane had crashed in the sea, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 l6s..
A Vessel (16)
NOVEMBER 9TH. - DONAGHADEE, CO. DOWN. A vessel had been reported in distress, but no trace of her could be found.
- Rewards, £14 7s. 6d..
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
CAHORE, Co. WEXFORD.—The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has recently for- warded to the coast of Wexford a new Life-boat, which has been stationed at Cahore, in the place of the former Boat. It is 34 feet long, 8 feet wide, rows 10 oars...
Category: Articles
The Padstow Steam Life-Boat James Stevens No, 4 Photographed In 1899 and a Year Before She Capsized on 11Th April, 1900, With the Loss of Eight of Her Crew. (Left) the Padstow Life-Boat Arab
The Padstow steam life-boat James Stevens No, 4 photographed in 1899 and a year before she capsized on 11th April, 1900, with the loss of eight of her crew.
(Left) The Padstow life-boat Arab pictured on 11th April, 1900,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Life-Boat Enthusiasts
The annual subscription to the Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society is £1, junior members under 18 years of age 25p (5s.). For those who live outside the British Isles the rate is US$3.50 (junior, US$1.00) or equivalent. If you are...
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Worthwhile Find
Whilst turning out a drawer today I came upon some pictures showing the Worthing lifeboat and crews, we wondered if readers would be interested in seeing this cutting (left).
For some time we lived in the building right... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Services of the Life-Boats of the National Life-Boat Institution—(continued.)
SEATON CAREW, DURHAM.—The schooner | Cynthia, of Montrose, was being towed out of the Tees on the 5th April, 1871, when ' the tow-rope parting, she grounded on the North Gare Sandbank. A strong wind from the E.N.E. was blowing at the...
Category: Services
Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us
Whitby, Yorkshire.—On the morning of the 17th of March, 1955, the local fish- ing boats Provider A, Pilot Me and Lead Us were at sea in a strong north- westerly wind and a heavy swell.
About ten o'clock it was learned...
The Life-Boat Enthusiasts' Society
THE Life-boat Enthusiasts' Society is now in its eighth year. It was formed in 1964 and at the outset had only eight members. From this very small beginning membership has grown over the years. At first progress was slow, but in the last...
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