LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Emulate, Radiant Morn, Harvest Moon and Jean
Amble, Northumberland. At 11.5 on the morning of the 27th of October, 1959, the honorary secretary was in- formed that the local coble Emulate was overdue from fishing. It was almost high water when, at 11.15, the life-boat Millie Walton...
A Replica Viking Longship
A mock Viking longship—one of four glass fibre replicas belonging to the Viking Longship Association—ran into trouble in Peel Harbour, on the Isle of Man, during a local carnival on August 2, 1987, when it began leaking and became submerged...
Focus . . . on Plymouth
This series of descriptive articles on visits to life-boat stations was begun by Margaret Peter. It is being continued by Stephen Mogridge, who writes about Plymouth in the first of his contributions.
WITH the Navy watching...
Category: Articles
Accident With a Maroon
A MOST unfortunate accident, resulting in the death of the Coxswain, occurred at Port St. Mary, Isle of Man, on 6th August, on which day Life-boat Day and a Road Practice of the Life-boat were to be held. Coxswain Kneen, in firing the maroon...
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Life-Boatman's Gallant Swim
AT 10.20 on the night of the 27th of July, 1952, the Flamborough Head coastguard telephoned the Flam- borough life-boat station that a young man had reported a friend of his in difficulties on a cliff near the Stacks Rocks at Flamborough...
Category: Services
Lifeboat Services
West Division Knockdown JUST AS Lytham-St Anne's lifeboat was being moored after returning from exercise at sea on Saturday afternoon, June 6, 1981, Liverpool Coastguard informed the station honorary secretary that an unconfirmed report...
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Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31st December, 1959
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUN1 PAYMENTS.
LIFE-BOATS:— New Life-boats for the following Stations : On account— 156,764 304 44,343 17,104 Aberdeen, Aldeburgh, Ballycotton, Dunbar, Islay, Lerwick, Newhaven, Penlee, Scarborough,...
Category: Accounts
Rescue from Coaster After Nine Hour-Passage
AT 4.15 on the afternoon of the 7th of December, 1959, the honorary secre- tary of the Cromarty life-boat station, Mr. James Cameron, learnt from the coastguard that the coaster Servus of Leith needed help nine and a half miles south-by-east...
Category: Services
An Ill-Fated Ship
IN the last number of The Lifeboat was published an article on the Stantons and Stephensons of Boulmer, the two families in that little fishing village from which are drawn the greater part of the Crew of the Boulmer...
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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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