LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fastnet Book, Cape Clear
As the prevention of shipwreck is of equal importance with the saving of life after the wreck has taken place, it becomes the duty of the Life-Boat Journal, from time to time, to give notice to the mariner of any newly- discovered or...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Dagenham and the S.S. Sherbrooke
NOVEMBER 16-20TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. At about 2.45 P.M. the coxswain received a message from the Warden Point coastguard that a ship was sinking close to the Mouse Light-vessel. A strong easterly gale was blowing, with a rough sea...
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Walton and Frinton, Essex - At 1.10 p.m. on 9th November, 1966, distress signals were reported on Sunk Head tower. At 1.45 the maroons were fired, and at 2.3 the life-boat Edian Courtauld was launched in a fresh northerly breeze and a choppy...
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TWENTY-THREE CHILDREN CUT OFF BY TIDE Newhaven, Sussex. At 3.25 on the afternoon of the 29th June, 1963, the Newhaven coastguard informed the coxswain that the police had reported twenty-three children cut off by the tide at Seaford head....
The S.S. Oil Trader
AUGUST 11TH. - ALDEBURGH, SUFFOLK. At 11.56 A.M. the coastguard reported that enemy aircraft were attacking shipping some seven miles S.E. of Aldeburgh.
A strong N.W. breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. A few minutes...
Classifieds
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Category: Advertisement
Throughout the Summer of Maritime England Year the Marquess of Bath
Throughout the summer of Maritime England Year the Marquess of Bath displayed his collection of tiny Channel Is/and cowrie shells in two huge glass urns in the Great Hall at Longleat. Visitors making a voluntary contribution to the RNLI were... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The South African 5M Inshore Lifeboat
The South African 5m inshore lifeboat attracted considerable attention at the conference. This cost-effective rigid inflatable has a free-flooding ballast tank forward to keep the bow down in conditions like this.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Outboard: Watertight
SINCE HER INTRODUCTION to the RNLI fleet in 1971, the Atlantic 21 inshore lifeboat has not only proved her worth on service, but has also shown herself to be a thoroughbred among boats.
With her speed, range,...
Category: Articles
District Conferences
North-East of England, South-East of England, and North-West of England.
TEN years ago the first conference of honorary workers was held in the North of England and although the practice of holding them regularly was not...
Category: Meetings