LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Vancouver City
Ballycotton, Co. Cork.—14th Sep- ** tember, 1939. At 2.20 P.M. the civic guard at Cork reported that a man had picked up a wireless SOS call from the s.s. Vancouver City, of Bideford.
She was a vessel of about 5,000 tons...
Bbc"Onedin Line' Stars Peter Gilmore Anne Stally Brass and Howard Lang on Location at Milford Haven Attended a Reception at Pembrokeshire Yacht Club In April A
BBC"Onedin Line' stars Peter Gilmore, Anne Stally brass and Howard Lang, on location at Milford Haven, attended a reception at Pembrokeshire Yacht Club in April at which club members who are also members of Hakin Point branch ran a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Fishing Cobles
During the forenoon on the 16th No- vember, when the fishing-cobles were at sea, the wind freshened to a gale and the sea became very heavy. Some of the boats at once ran for safety, but at about 10.30 A.M. nine of the cobles were still at...
The Lowestoft Trawler Helping Hand
Tenby, Pembrokeshire. At 2.50 on the morning of the 10th November, 1961, the coastguard informed the honorary secretary that a flare had been seen about three miles west-by-north of Rhossilli Head. The position of the flare was later...
An Aeroplane and H.M.S.. Patia
APRIL 28TH. - BOULMER, AND AMBLE, NORTHUMBERLAND. On the night of Sunday, 27th April, it was learned at Boulmer that a German aeroplane had attacked a naval vessel and that the aeroplane had been brought down in flames. The coxswain and...
News from the Branches. 1st November, 1939 to 31st January, 1940
Central and Outer London.
BEXLEY HEATH.—Rummage sale, whist drive, and dance, attended by the Mayor and Mayoress, all arranged by the Ladies' Lifeboat Guild. The Guild has adopted the lifeboat crew at the Dungeness...
Category: Branches
Johannesburg
At 6.30 A.M. on 8th February, the steam trawler Johannesburg, of Scarborough, ran ashore on the north side of Filey Brigg. She had a crew of nine on board. Information was given by the Coastguard and the Filey Pulling and Sailing Life-boat...
The Old Firm
IN 1789 William Wouldhave of South Shields, house-painter and teacher of singing, made his model of a life-boat which would self-right. In the same year Henry Greathead of South Shields built the first life-boat, the...
Category: Articles
Isaac Vondy Sir William's Coxswain Was Awarded Three Silver Medals for Gallantry Illustration By Courtesy of the Manx Museum
Isaac Vondy, Sir William's coxswain, was awarded three silver medals for gallantry.
illustration by courtesy of the Manx Museum.
Category: Drawings
The S.S. Baron Inverclyde
DOCTOR TAKEN TO STEAMER IN FOG Barrow, Lancashire. At 10.50 on the morning of the 27th January, 1962, a firm of shipping agents in Barrow told the honorary secretary that the s.s.
Baron Inverclyde of Ardrossan, bound for...