LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Minesweeper (5)
NOVEMBER 29TH. - THE HUMBER, YORKSHIRE. A minesweeper had been blown up by a mine, and the life-boat put out.
The sea was rough, and an air raid was in progress. Bombs fell near the life-boat. She searched for some hours...
D. L. Harper
The motor tanker, D. L. Harper, of Danzig, 12.350 tons, bound laden from Aruba, West Indies, to Hamburg, with five passen- gers and thirty-eight crew, struck the Crane Rocks, about half a mile north of Lizard Head, on the 20th June.
The Fraserburgh Inquiry
A FORMAL investigation under the Merchant Shipping Act of 1894 was held at the Sheriff Court House, Aberdeen, from 5th to 12th October, 1970, into the circumstances attending the capsizing of the Fraserburgh life-boat The Duchess of Kent...
Category: Articles
Today's Lifeboatmen
Facts and Figures Provisional statistics as at 2 November 1993 show that so far during 1993: The RNLI's lifeboats were launched 3,896 times (an average of 7 launches a day) 879 lives have been saved (an average of nearly 3 a day) More...
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Fidelity
Fishermen plucked to safety from vessel in danger of capsize Coxswain John C. Murray of Buckle lifeboat station has been congratulated on the 'leadership, determination and skill' he displayed during a service to the fishing vessel...
The Converted Ship's Boat St. David
Girvan, Ayrshire.—At 10.45 on the night of the 14th of July, 1952, infor- mation was received from the JBallan- trae coastguard that signals had been reported from a small boat near Lendalfoot, and the life-boat crew were assembled. The...
Contents
News 2 Celebrations and awards, and a clutch of reader offers Feature: The most lives saved 8 The 100th anniversary of a record-breaking rescue Books 11 A Selsey author records voices from the sea Letters and reader information 13 Including...
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The Late Mr. G. L. Watson
Consulting Naval Architect to the Institution, 1887 to 1904.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
A Sailing Boat
Arklow, Co. Wicklow. At 8.17 on the morning of the 15th August, 1961, the honorary secretary received a message from the Bailey lighthouse that the Arklow lightvessel had picked up a sailing boat with five people...
Lombard North Central Plc
The RYA and Lombard make MARINE FINANCE SIMPLE For over 100 years the RYA has been looking after the interests of boat owners.
For almost as long Lombard has been providing finance to help people get...
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