LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
People and Places
Mechanics down tools to pick winners Lifeboatmen attending a five-day mechanical and engineering course in Poole took time out of their busy schedule to draw the winning tickets for the Autumn lifeboat lottery in...
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The S.S. Ria de Cormes, of Cadiz
MARCH 2ND. - WALMER, KENT. At 4.35 in the morning the Deal coastguard reported a vessel in distress off South Goodwin Light-vessel. A northerly gale was blowing, with a rough sea. At five o’clock, the motor life-boat Charles Dibdin (Civil...
Additional Life-Boat Stations and New Life-Boats
FLEETWOOD, LANCASHIRE.—A life-boat station has been recently formed at Fleetwood in connection with the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION. A life-boat, on Mr. PEAKE'S plan, as adopted by the Institution, 30 ft. long, rowing six oars,...
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Theresa and Wladiener
CAISTER.—On the 28th March, a vessel was seen by her lights to be approaching the Barber Sand, and to lay fast on it about 7.45 P.M., when flares were burned immediately on board her. The Caister No. 1 Life-boat was forthwith launched, and...
Strathrye (1)
Lerwick, Shetland*, and Stromness, Orkneys.—llth January. The steam trawler Strathrye, of Aberdeen, with a crew of nine, sent out a wireless message that she was leaking and in danger of sinking at about 10 P.M. on the llth January. The...
St. Joseph
Stornoway and Barra Island, Hebrides.— On the night of the 17th-18th October the Norwegian steamer St. Joseph, of Tonsberg, ran aground on the Grey Rocks, in the Sound of Mull. A whole N.W. gale was blowing, with a very heavy sea, and snow...
The Esthonian Steamer Mina (1)
Penlee, and Sennen Cove, Cornwall.—On the 21st December the Esthonian steamer Mina, of Parnu, got into difficulties through her rudder shaft breaking.
A strong south-westerly breeze was blowing, with a rough sea. The...
Panachrandos
Walmer, Ken*.—At 5.50 P.M. on the * 19th October, 1939, eight hours after the life-boat had brought back the doctor from the Dutch steamer Mirza, a message was received from the doctor that the senior naval officer, Ramsgate, wished him to...
90—And Still at Work
MRS. LOTIXGA SMITH, of Gcdling, Nottingham, celebrated her ninetieth birthday on the K th of November, 1947.
In spite of her great age, in spite of ill health and in spite of an accident last winter when she was knocked...
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A Punt
SECOND COXSWAIN DROWTSED WHILE OUT FISHING Howth, Co. Dublin. At 7.35 on the evening of the 22nd November, 1962, the coxswain informed the honorary secretary that the son of the second coxswain, William McLoughlin, had reported that his...