LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Life-Boat Station
THE following brief description and diagrams illustrative of a complete Life-boat Establishment, including the House for the protection of the boat, will serve to convey an idea of the general character of one of the 290 Life-boat Stations...
Category: Articles
The Canadian Steamer Eaglescliffe Hall
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT SHERINGHAM OCTOBER 30TH - 31ST. - SHERINGHAM, NORFOLK. At 7.47 in the evening of the 29th of October the Sheringham coastguard reported that a vessel off Cley, about five miles west of Sheringham, was showing a signal...
Patria
Arranmore, Co. Donegal.—At seven o'clock on the evening of the 7th of December, 1957, the honorary secre- tary was informed that the motor vessel Patria, of Groningen, was in distress in Sheephaven Bay. Four of her crew tried to come...
Salcombe - Tyne Class the Baltic Exchange Ii
Champagne bathes the bows of The Baltic Exchange lias Mrs David Frame, wife of the chairman of the Baltic Exchange releases the bottle to name the lifeboat. - View image in PDF
(Photo courtesy South Hams Photography). - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
David and John, of Montrose
About 3 A.M. on the 25th November the Mary Hartley life-boat was launched, and pro- ceeded, in tow of a steam-tug, down the river to Buddonness, to. the rescue of the crew of a vessel reported to be in distress.
At...
Japonica and a 60ft Sailing Vessel
Tyne's 26-hour service in storm force winds Coxswain Kieran Cotter of Baltimore's relief Tyne class lifeboat has received the RNLI's Bronze Medal for Gallantry following a 26-hour service to two separate casualties in winds up to...
Books
SOME RECENT PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED THE HISTORY OF THE LONGHOPE LIFEBOATS THE STORY OF THE FLEETWOOD LIFEBOATS Written and published by Jeff Morris Honorary Archivist of the Lifeboat Enthusiasts Society Jeff Morris is by now well-known for his...
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Crew of Arklow Lifeboat Inbhear Mor Whose Service to Mv Gansey on December 221955 Was the Longest for the Institution During the Winter Months of 1955/56: C May
Crew of Arklow lifeboat Inbhear Mor, whose service to MV Gansey on December 22,1955, was the longest for the Institution during the winter months of 1955/56: C. May, M. Fitzgerald, Bill Kenny, Motor Mechanic John Hayes, Coxswain Peter Kenny,... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Watercress
OCTOBER 12TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK.
At 11.55 in the morning the coastguard telephoned that a fishing vessel was flashing signals about two and a half miles off-shore, and later they reported that she had fired a red Very...
Tips from Anstruther
'WE would like to give a donation . . .'.
Welcome words to anyone who has a hand in raising money for the R.N.L.I., and we hear them often at the various functions arranged by ladies' guilds, branches and...
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