LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Boys and Girls of Newmarket Swimming Club Aged from Six Years Upwards Took Part In a Sponsored Swim During May In Aid of the Rnli As a Result Derek Blyth Swimming Club Instructor Hande
Boys and girls of Newmarket Swimming Club, aged from six years upwards, took part in a sponsored swim during May in aid of the RNLI. As a result Derek Blyth, swimming club instructor, handed over a cheque for £600 to Mrs Elizabeth... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Coxswain Thomas James
The Institution also deeply regrets the death of five other former cox- swains :— COXSWAIN SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM ANDERSON, of the Humber.
COXSWAIN WILLIAM DYKE, of Swanage.
COXSWAIN ALEXANDER ...
Category: Obituaries
Freden
RAMSGATE.—During a fresh gale from the E.N.E., with snow and hail, on the 20th November, signals were fired by the Goodwin Sands Lightships, and a barque was seen ashore on the Sands. The Bradford Life-boat proceeded to her assistance, in...
New Venture
Sinking fishing boat NITON RADIO advised Solent Coastguard at 2031 on Saturday December30, 1978, that the 42ft fishing vessel New Venture reported to be midway between Nab Tower and Hayling Island had sent a message by VHP that she was...
Last-Minute Rescue from Sinking Ship
AT 12.38 early on the morning of the j 2nd of January, 1956, the motor vessel Citrine of Glasgow, a vessel of 779 tons, bound from Llandulas for London with a cargo of limestone and carrying a crew of ten, wirelessed that her fore hatch had...
Category: Services
Travelscope
European • Gibraltar 15 days Sailing direct from Falmouth, 22nd December 2006 7 ports of call: Vigo, Gibraltar, Casablanca, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Tenerife & Madeira Soak up the sun at a selection of fabulous ports of call, enjoy a...
Category: Advertisement
A Vessel (35)
DECEMBER 23RD. - LYTHAM - ST.ANNE’S, LANCASHIRE. The motor life-boat Dunleary had just returned from searching for an aeroplane when a message was received from the senior naval officer at Preston asking the life-boat to take a message to a...
Sailing Club Cash
Maldon Little Ship Club's annual sponsored row, held on Boxing Day, produced a magnificent £9,760 in aid of the lifeboats - bringing the total raised by the sailing club in the last six years to £48,000.
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Category: Photographs
Erla
Salcombe, Devon.—At 8.11 on the evening of the 12th of September, 1955, the Polruan coastguard tele- phoned that a yacht was in distress T.'est-by-north of Prawle Point. At 8.25 the life-boat C.D.E.C., on tem- porary duty at the...
Severini
The Norwegian steamer Severini, of Langesund, stranded on the north part of the Goodwin Sands on the 26th November whilst bound from Sunderland to Dieppe with a cargo of coal. A N.E. gale prevailed at the time, with a very heavy sea, and the...