LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Service By Clovelly
IN the autumn number of The Life-boat Clovelly appeared in the list of launches in July, 1950, in which no services were done.
There was, in fact, a service. At 9.15 on the night of the 8th, the Hart- land Point coastguard...
Category: Services
R/T Distress Procedure Changes
R/T procedure changes THE FOLLOWING PROCEDURE modifications introduced in the new edition of the Handbook for Radio Operators should be noted: Control of distress traffic: The word 'PRUDENCE' (pronounced PRU-DONCE) has been...
Category: Articles
The American Steamer Sea Cloud
Hastings, Sussex.—At 3.40 on the afternoon of the 28th of June, 1951, the North Foreland radio station tele- phoned that the American steamer Sea Cloud, seven miles south of the harbour, had reported a man fallen down her hold. She asked for...
Shoreline
The Renault 5 Shoreline Drive Turn to the inside back cover for details of the exciting competition in which you can win a brand new Renault 5. Anyone can enter, all you have to do is find a new Shoreline member - there must be someone you...
Category: Articles
RAPID RESPONSE
When two teenage boys found themselves drifting out to sea, they soon realised they were in real danger. Luckily for them, trainee Crew Member Sam Shelley was close by
A warm summer’s day was winding down in Skinningrove...
Category: Articles
Conference and Conversazione of "Life-Boat Saturday" Workers
WITH a view to the interchange of ideas and suggestions as to the " Life-boat Saturday" movement, a conference took place in the rooms of the Society of Arts, Adelphi, on the afternoon of the 2nd May. Representatives were present...
Category: Meetings
(Below) Selsey Lifeboat John and Henry Skynner
(Below) Se/sey lifeboat John and Henry Skynner was built in 1885 and took part in the London Lord Mayor's Show of that year before going on station. She was 35ft long. 7ft 6in beam, pulled ten oars and was fitted with water ballast tanks... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
H. M. S. Sappho
In the dense fog which prevailed in the Channel on the night of the 19th June, H.M.S. Sappho collided with another vessel off Dunge- ness. By a strange coincidence the colliding ship was also named the Sappho. The position of the cruiser...
Sixteen Years After
GRATITUDE is not always short-lived.
This letter comes from Warwickshire : " Once again on behalf of myself and family I have pleasure in sending you a cheque value £l 7s. 6d. as a small donation towards the fund...
Category: Correspondence