LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Moyallon
St. Ives, Cornwall.—At 6.48 a.m. in the morning of the 4th of September, 1948, the coastguard telephoned that the s.s. Moyallon, of Belfast, lying in St. Ives Bay, had signalled that an accident had occurred on board, and the motor life-boat...
Panachrandos
Weymouth, Dorset.—At 2.56 A.M. on the 26th November, 1938, the coastguard reported that the Greek steamer Panachrandos. of Andros, which was in Portland Roads, was drifting towards the shore. A west gale was blowing, with a heavy sea. The...
The Life-Boat Service In France
LA SOCIETK CENTRALE DE SAUVETAGE DBS NAUFRAGES, which has its head- quarters in Paris, was established in 1865, and has done excellent work in life-saving, having been the means of rescuing, up to the 1st March last, 13,915 lives from a...
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Notice to Subscribers
IT was stated in the first Number of this Journal, that it would be published monthly, or occasionally, as circumstances might point out, and that it would be sold at the lowest possible price that would cover the expense of paper and...
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Boat fire off beachy head
18 December: Both Eastbourne lifeboats were launched when distress flares were spotted 2 miles south of Beachy Head. A pilot boat that was first on the scene took a lone angler off the ablaze 8.3m motor cruiser...
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A Tanker
FEBRUARY 3RD. - ARBROATH, ANGUS.
A tanker had been attacked by German aircraft about seven miles off Arbroath, but she could not be found. - Rewards, £7 10s. 6d..
Achilles
Three saved from disabled fishing vessel in gale and severe seasLerwick lifeboat left her moorings at 0500 on Friday 4 November 1994, a little over ten minutes after first hearing from Shetland coastguard that the fishing vessel Achilles had...
A Cabin Cruiser
Cabin cruiser on bar THE DEPUTY LAUNCHING AUTHORITY of Blyth lifeboat station was informed by Coastguard Tyne at 1440 on Sunday, August 29, 1976, that two swimmers had been swept out to sea off Cambois; a girl bather had been picked up by a...
A Motor Fishing Vessel
ILB in near gale RED FLARES SIGHTED Off WhitStable Street Buoy were reported to the honorary secretary of Whitstable ILB station by Warden Point Coastguard, Isle of Sheppey, at 2342 on Friday, February 25. In view of the bad weather...
And They're Off!
The BT Global Challenge got off to a somewhat choppy start in Southampton on 29 September 1996.
Toshiba Wave Warrior can be seen in the centre of the above photograph accompanied by Calshot's Brede class lifeboat,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs