LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fram
Ramsgate, Kent.—At 12.45 in the afternoon of the 3rd of July, 1949, information was telephoned from the East Pier that a yacht had grounded on the Middle Brake Sands, and the life-boat Prudential was launched at 1.19 in a light...
A Small Sloop
On the 7th March a small sloop ran on shore near Rhyl, on the north coast of Wales; the tubular life-boat immediately proceeded to her, but her crew had succeeded in landing previous to her arrival. Some fishermen afterwards got on board;...
Lacon's Safety Plan for Lowering a Ship's Boats at Sea
WHILST we are doing all in our power to guard our coasts with life-boats ready to save life in the event of a vessel being stranded on our shores, we must not lose sight of the fact that the greatest loss of life among our own countrymen,...
Category: Articles
Pat
COXSWAIN WATCHES TILL YACHT IS EM TROUBLE Appledore, Devon. During the morning of the 21st July, 1962, the coxswain saw a small motor yacht with one man on board leave Appledore in a strong westerly breeze and an ebbing tide. He kept the...
Roe Cliff
TROON.—A terrific gale of wind from W. to N.W. suddenly sprung] up on the morning of the 1st November, and while the storm was at its height the schooner Roe Cliff, of Skene, bound from Porsgrund, Norway, for Troon, with a cargo of deals and...
Pres. Roosevelt
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford. On the 26th of April, 1958, the coaster Pres. Roosevelt, of Groningen, was anchored a mile north-west of the life- boat station with engine trouble and was sheltering from the weather. A boat with four...
Why Put Out More Flags?
DURING the coming holiday months many people will find themselves con- fronted at seaside resorts and elsewhere with flag sellers for the Royal National Life-boat Institution. When putting a coin into a box they may well ask them- selves:...
Category: Articles
Two Punts
Howth, Co. Dublin - At 12.20 p.m.
on 6th June, 1967, while the life-boat A.M.T. was on passage from Malahide to Howth, the coxswain saw two punts about half a mile away. There was a fresh wind and a choppy sea. It was one...
Fred Park Mbe,
Fred Park MBE, former Torbay station honorary secretary from 1948 until 1975. Mr Park was also a member of the branch committee until 1995 and was made an honorary life governor in 1975.
Category: Obituaries
A Book for Review
THE first in a series of books which will undoubtedly become standard works on the history of the Cornish fife-boats. Wreck and Rescue Round the Cornish Coast by Cyril Noall and Grahame Farr (D. Bradford Barton, 2is.), is both an admirable...
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