LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Weymouth Ladies' Guild
Weymouth ladies' guild raised £700 for branch funds at its annual wine and cheese party in the Springfield Room at Devenish Brewery on April I . The Mayor of Weymouth and Portland, Mrs Joyce Litschi, presented an oil painting of... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
November (1)
PORTMAGEE, Co. KERRY. On the morning of the 13th of June, 1944, the 35-feet motor fishing boat Naomh Moibhi, of Dingle, was at anchor at Portmagee, sheltering from the weather. A west-north-west gale was blowing, with high seas. The Valentia...
Category: Services
Pleasant Mirth
Sheringham, Norfolk. At 11.50 on the night of the 25th of June, 1959, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a man living in Marston had reported that a yacht appeared to be in a very dangerous position off Blakeney Point. The...
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OCTOBER 5TH. - THURSO, CAITHNESSSHIRE.
Red rockets had been reported, but nothing was found, and later it was learned that a bombing aeroplane had come down on the land. - Rewards, £14 4s. 6d..
The Folio Society
illustrated facsimile editions Yours for only 399 FAIRY TALES & FABLES INCLUDING: The Emperor's New Clothes The Ugly Duckling The Frog Primv • Rapunzel The Hare and the Tortoise The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing The Sleeping Beauty...
Category: Advertisement
Sunshine, of Padstow
on the 10th October, this life-boat was launched and proceeded to the wreck of the schooner Sunshine, of Padstow, on the Newcome Sand, the wind blowing a fresh gale from the S.W. at the time. On arrival at the vessel it was found that she...
The Ocean Wave
GREAT YARMOUTH.—A schooner, whichproved to be the Ocean Wave, of Fowey, coal laden, from Shields for Plymouth, was seen stranded on the Scroby Sand in thick weather on the 5th May. At 6.50 p.m. the Life-boat John Surch proceeded to her...
Rusco Castle, of London
Again, on the 9th December, the Duff was taken off to the brig Rusco Castle, of London, which was in a distressed con- dition on the edge of the Scroby Sand, j while it -was blowing a heavy gale from [ the W. S.W. Fortunately, with the...
The Annual Meetings
The Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards 1993 Royal Festival Hall, LondonThe Tuesday after the May Day Bank Holiday, 4 May 1993, saw the Institution's 169th Annual General Meeting and Presentation of Awards. Although held at...
Category: Meetings
Star of the West
BROADSTAIRS.—On the 30th July, at 4.30 A.M., during a strong N. wind and heavy sea, the Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins was launched in reply to signal-guns fired from the Gull light-ship. On arriving at the Goodwin Sands, the schooner...