LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
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FEBRUARY 17TH. - SHERINGHAM, AND WELLS, NORFOLK. Three airmen had baled out of an American Liberator aeroplane which later crashed on fire. The Wells lifeboat searched in the morning but found nothing, and after a parachute had been reported...
Shamrock, of Wick
OCTOBER 27TH. - WICK, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
At 10.38 at night the coastguard reported that flashes from a torch and a white flare had been seen six hundred yards north of South Head. A strong north-north-west breeze was blowing,...
The S.S. Towneley
JANUARY 7TH. - MARGATE, KENT. At 3.55 P.M. a message was received from the Margate coastguard that two ship’s boats had been seen near the Tongue Light-vessel.
A southerly breeze was blowing, and the sea was smooth. At 4.5...
The Sailing Boat Spray
Margate, Kent. At 12.52 on the afternoon of the 27th of July, 1959, the coastguard informed the honorary sec- retary that a body had been reported floating near the West Pan Sand buoy and a request was made for the life-boat to recover it....
A Motor Skiff
CRIES FOR HELP Great Yarmouth and Gorleston, Norfolk. At 12.10 a.m. on nth December, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a police constable on duty near the Pier Hotel had heard cries for help which seemed to come from the...
French Life-Boat Disaster
THE life-boat Vice-Amiral Schwerer stationed at Etel in France capsized near the entrance to Lorient harbour on the 3rd of October, 1958. Her whole crew of five, consisting of the coxswain, mechanic, radio-operator and two other members of...
Category: Articles
A Barge (1)
Southwold, Suffolk.—23rd November, 1938. A barge had appeared likely to go ashore, but she did not need help.
Another barge had been reported drifting, but could not be found.— Rewards, £42 7s. 6d..
The Boathouse at Largs
The boathouse at Largs demonstrates why the RNLt shoreworks department has a deserved reputation for the excellent quality of their buildings. Despite a severe pounding from the ferocious sea, no damage was done, the building did not flood... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Margate Life-Boatman's Death
IN the early hours of Sunday, the 6th of November, 1949 (see page 402) the Margate life-boat was called out on service and one of the crew, Benjamin Frost, cycled down to the boathouse at the end of the pier. As soon as he got into the boat...
Category: Obituaries
Magna
Stornoway, Hebrides. At 5.45 on the morning of the 13th of January, 1959, the honorary secretary heard from Wick radio station that there was a badly injured seaman aboard the motor vessel Magna of Helsingborg, Sweden, who needed medical...