LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Waterwitch
Aldeburgh, Suffolk. —At 3.20 in the afternoon of the 6th of June, 1948, the coastguard reported that a sailing yacht to the south-east of Aldeburgh, with only one man aboard, was making heavy weather, and the No. 2 motor life-boat Lucy...
Centenary of the Institution, 1924
The history of the Institution is now i being written, and will be published in j j the autumn of 1923. The Secretary will be most grateful to all Honorary Secre- taries, especially of Station Branches, for every assistance which they may...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
The local fishing fleet put out to sea shortly after daybreak on the 5th November.
Later a south-easterly gale sprang up, with squalls of rain, and a very heavy sea, making the harbour entrance ex- tremely dangerous. The...
The Weather During the Year 1889
To the seaman the weather experienced during the year 1889 must be considered as exceptionally favourable, for, like its predecessors 1887 and 1888, storms were of very rare occurrence in the British Islands, and as a necessary consequence,...
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Patrick Carter
For 25 years we were a small branch but since the establishment of Sligo Bay lifeboat, four years ago, activities and financial results have expanded dramatically. We are busy with current and planned events, and are delighted with our... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Lifeboat Services
South Eastern Division Boarding boat rescue from saltings REQUESTING THE LAUNCHING of Calshot lifeboat at 2207 on Thursday, January 29, HM Coastguard told the honorary secretary that at 2054 a red flare had been reported in Ashlett Creek and...
Category: Services
Sea Venture III and Espardarte, and Cabin Cruiser Alcidan
At 10.27 p.m. on 22nd October, 1966, news was received that the cabin cruiser Alcidan was overdue on a passage from Weymouth and that the Norwegian tanker Maakfjell had taken three men off ayacht they had taken in tow. They were eleven and a...
A Long Search on the Aberdeen Coast. Coxswain's Silver Medal and Second-Service Clasp In One Year
AT nine in the evening of 4th Novem- ber, 1937, many people in the village of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, heard the sound of a ship's siren, and thought that it must come from a ship dangerously close to the shore. A southerly gale was...
Category: Services
From the Princess Elizabeth
IN 1947 the Princess Elizabeth sent the Institution £180, the balance of her wedding present from Kimberley.
At the beginning of 1948 her wedding dress was displayed in Edinburgh.
The Lord Provost...
Category: Donations
The Life-Boats of the United Kingdom
LXX. HUNSTANTON.—Licensed Victualler, 34 feet by 7J feet, 10 oars.
A distinction should be made between old and new Hunstanton; the latter, commonly known by the name of Hunstanton St. Edmunds, is situate about a mile south...
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