LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Belmare
Penlee, Cornwall. At eight o'clock on the evening of the 27th of September, 1960, the honorary secretary informed the coxswain that the life-boat Solomon Browne would be required to take a sick man off the Swedish tanker...
H.M. Drifter Reed
NOVEMBER 7TH. - CLACTON - ON - SEA (AT BRIGHTLINGSEA), ESSEX. During the afternoon news came that a vessel had been mined south of Holland Point. A light northerly wind was blowing, and the sea was smooth. The motor life-boat Edward Z....
Alderman Lady Reed, of Exeter
ALDERMAN LADY (EMILIE WARD) REED, who died in February, 1947, was for nearly forty years actively associated with the Exeter branch, and she found time, in the midst of many other public duties, to give it always her personal and...
Category: Obituaries
A Steam Trawler
Longhope, Orkney.—-1st November, 1937. A steam trawler had run ashore, but refloated on the flowing tide.— Rewards, £11 13*. 6d..
A Ketch
Weymouth, Dorset 1st January. A ketch had been in difficulties, but was taken in tow by another boat.— Rewards, £19 15s. Qd..
None (3)
JANUARY 1ST. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. Red rockets had been reported, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £14 5s..
None (11)
FEBRUARY 1ST. - WICKLOW. Flares had been seen, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £l6 16s. 6d..
None (51)
NOVEMBER 1ST. - SHOREHAM HARBOUR, SUSSEX. Red flares had been reported south of Brighton, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £15 10s. 6d..
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T e n b y , Pembrokeshire.—On the evening of the 1st August the coastguard reported that a motor boat in the bay was dragging her anchor towards the beach. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing, and it was raining. The sea was heavy. The...
Shannon on Station (1)
21 February 2014
The wait is over as The Morrell arrives on station at Dungeness, Kent. The first fully operational Shannon class lifeboat is 50% faster than the Mersey she replaces. She will reach...
Category: Articles