LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Whitby
WHITBY, YORKSHIRE On the 3rd February, 1940, three attempts were made by the Whitby life-boat to rescue the crew of the S.S. Charles, of Bruges.
MOTOR MECHANIC JAMES PHILPOT was awarded the silver...
Category: Medals
Susan Vittery
New Brighton, Cheshire.—At 3.10 in the afternoon of the 2nd of September, 1949, the Formby coastguard reported that there appeared to be a three- masted schooner on the revetment, abreast of C.13 buoy River...
Blairbeg
On the morning of the 21st June the Portpatrick coast- guard telephoned that a ship was ashore one mile north of Sanda Sound.
A strong S.S.W. breeze was blowing, with a heavy swell. The motor life- boat Lily Glen—Glasgow...
Anniversary of Grace Darling's Rescue
The 1th September, 1963, was the 25th anniversary of the famous rescue by Grace Darling and her father of survivors from the Forfarshire. The following article, which has been specially written for the Life-boat by Commander W....
Category: Articles
A Cheer for the Life-Boat
" SIR you observe that ?" we asked, one autumnal evening in the year of grace and so forth, when, with a score of others, we were peering into the darkness from the weather-side of Ratnsgate Pier.
'•What, sir...
Category: Articles
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Tiller Master (David Jolly)
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Tiller Master (David Jolly)
THE ORIGINAL TILLER MASTER AUTOMATIC STEERING on a COMPASS COURSE For craft up to 50ft. over 100lbs.
thrust. Self-contained unit with simple 2-hole installation. Quickly disengaged, i amp. average...
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Milos
ESCORT FOR GERMAN COASTER IN TOW Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 5.50 on the morning of the 14th February, 1963, the naval base at Haulbowline informed the honorary secretary that the steering gear of the coaster Milos of Bremen had broken down off...
Silver Line
Coble escort FLAMBOROUGH COASTGUARD told the honorary secretary of Flamborough lifeboat station at 1030 on Friday January 16 that the fishing coble Silver Line was hauling her lines north of Flamborough Head in heavy snow with a heavy...