LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
H.M. Trawler Hero
OCTOBER 23RD. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
At about 8.20 A.M. information was received through the coastguard from the naval authorities that H.M. trawler Hero was aground north of the South Goodwin Lightvessel.
A...
Lifeboat Services (From Page 190}
Lifeboat Services (from page 190} Enterprise dinghy Spirtle with one man on board, at 1648. The Pentland Firth Yacht Club's guard boat, The Mendicant, was still in attendance but was unable to make headway in the prevailing...
Category: Services
A Motor Cruiser
Poole, Dorset. At 6.45 on the evening of the 5th of February, 1961, the honor- ary secretary was told by the police that calls for help had been heard coming from the direction of Holes Bay. When the life-boat Thomas Kirk Wright was launched...
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AUG. 10TH. - MARGATE, KENT. Just after midnight the officer in charge of troops on the jetty informed the coxswain that he could hear calls for help from the water.
The night was very dark. An air raid was in progress and...
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Category: Advertisement
Sea Mew
Douglas, Isle of Man.—At 8.50 on the evening of the 16th of June, 1952, the bridge keeper reported that a fishing vessel was drifting towards Clay Head, Onchan, and appeared to be in dis- tress. The life-boat Millie Walton, with the branch...
The East Goodwin Lightvessel (1)
On the evening of 12th November, 1961, the East Goodwin lightvessel broke adrift. The Walmer, Dover and Ramsgate life-boats were all called out.
A full account of their services appears on page 200..
The East Goodwin Lightvessel (2)
On the evening of 12th November, 1961, the East Goodwin lightvessel broke adrift. The Walmer, Dover and Ramsgate life-boats were all called out.
A full account of their services appears on page 200..
Government Banquet to the Delegates
ON 1st July His Majesty's Government gave a dinner at Lancaster House in honour of the Delegates to the Con- ference. The Right Hon. Sidney Webb, M.P., President of the Board of Trade, presided, supported by the Right...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Suevic
THE LIZARD, CADGWITH, COVERACK, and PORTHLEVEN, CORNWALL.—A disas- ter of such magnitude as seldom occurs on the coast of the United Kingdom took place off Cornwall on the night of the 17th March. Thanks to the prompt action of the...