LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
(Above) Heads Eastwards Towards the Entrance to Cromarty Firth on Left Site of New Refinery
(above) heads eastwards towards the entrance to Cromarty Firth. On left, site of new refinery.. - View image in PDF
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The Shrimping Boat Sonia
Margate, Kent.—At about noon on the 28th of January, 1948, local boat- men reported that the shrimping boat.
Sonia, with a crew of three, was two hours overdue. She had put out at three in the morning and was...
St. Leger, of Hull
At 4.42 p.m. on 3rd November, 1966 information was received that the trawler St. Leger, of Hull, was making for Bridlington Bay as one of her crew had a severely lacerated arm and needed hospital treatment. The life-boat TillieMorrison,...
Coxswain Eric Ward of St.Ives
Coxswain Eric Ward of St Ives joined the All-weather lifeboat crew in 1973, and has been a crew member of the inshore lifeboat since 1966. He served as second coxswain from 1988 until his appointment as coxswain in... - View image in PDF
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Father Neptune at Herne Bay
A fortnight's celebrations of the centenary of Herne Bay last August concluded with life-boat day. Father Neptune, impersonated by Captain J. Irvine H. Friend, M.C., J.P., the chairman of the Margate branch, arriving in the Margate motor... - View image in PDF
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The Wireless Transmitting Station Radio Caroline
RADIO CAROLINE CALL Ramsey, Isle of Man. At 11.25 a-mon 27 ch January, 1965, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that one of the personnel of Radio Caroline, a wireless transmitting station in Ramsey Bay, was suffering from...
Acquire, of Inverness
Fraserburgh, Aberdeenshire.—On the morning of the 30th January the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was making for the harbour, and that as there was a heavy swell running at the harbour mouth, and the boat was a stranger, it would be...
Boy George
Lowestoft, Suffolk.—At 2.54 on the afternoon of the 14th of September.
1957, the coastguard reported that a fishing boat was flying a distress signal about a mile and a half south-east of Southwold harbour. The life-boat...
The Three-Masted Steamer Victoria
— On the 28th November, the three-masted steamer Victoria, of Barnstaple, whilst bound from Hamburg to Bideford with a cargo of agricultural salt, stranded about three miles to the north of Mable- thorpe. In response to her signals of...
St.Bees 17Ft 6In C Class Inflatable Lifeboat
Left: villagers and guests from all over Cumbria attending the service of dedication of the new St Bees 17ft 6in C class inflatable lifeboat on Saturday October 26, 1985. The lifeboat was paid for out of the bequest of the late Mrs Peggy... - View image in PDF
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