LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mr. John Bayes, M.B.E.
MB. JOHN WILLIAM BAYES, who has been honorary secretary of the Flam- borough life-boat station for thirty years, was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the Birthday Honours List, in recogni- tion of his distinguished...
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W. D. Potts
The Beauchamp Life-boat was again called out for service on the morning of the 14th October. The watchman having observed a light in the direction of the Middle Cross Sand, the coxswain, who had just arrived at the beach, looked through the...
The American Steamer John P. Doe, of Baltimore
MARCH 25TH. - WALMER, KENT. At 8.15 at night the Deal coastguard telephoned that a vessel was aground on the mainland near the South Foreland. A moderate southeasterly breeze was blowing and the sea was smooth, but there was thick fog. The...
The Life-Boat
The following drawings show the general outline and principal fittings of the different types of Life-boats used in the Institution's service. Figure 1 gives the profile or broadside view. Fig. 2 the " plan " or deck view. Fig....
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Peruvian
NEWHAVEN.—On the morning of the 8th February the coastguard reported to the coxswain of the Life-boat that a vessel was ashore at Seaford. The crew were at once summoned and the Life-boat Michael Henry was launched at 3.50. A strong gale was...
Margaret and Elizabeth
RAMSEY, ISLE OF MAN.—On the 6th February, at about 9 P.M., while a whole gale was blowing from S.E. with a blinding snowstorm, a trawler entered the harbour and reported that she had passed a sunken schooner, the water being several feet...
Gava
On the 20th October the steam trawler Gava, of Fleetwood, returning from the fishing grounds, struck a submerged rock while entering Castlebay harbour, and remained fast. A strong westerly breeze was blowing, with a moderate sea. Her signals...
Yachtsmen and the Life-Boat Service
SINCE the end of the war in 1945 the number of calls for life-boat assistance emanating from yachtsmen—a term used as conveniently indicating people who go to sea for pleasure rather than profit—has steadily increased. Life-boat calls to...
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The Life-Boat Service Abroad
WITH reference to our article under the above heading in the May issue of the Life-boat Journal, we are now able, through the courtesy of the British Consul-General at St. Petersburg, to supplement our survey by giving some details with...
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Maverick
Fishing boat aground AT 2319 on Saturday September 20, 1980, Shetland Coastguard informed Coxswain/Mechanic Hewitt Clark of Lerwick lifeboat station that the fishing vessel Maverick was aground on the east side of Fair Isle; she was listing...