LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
District Conferences. The Isle of Wight and Exeter
Two conferences were held in the Southwestern District during January. The first, at Newport, Isle of Wight, was a conference of Life-boat workers in the Island, and the second, at Exeter, of Life-boat workers in Cornwall and Devonshire,...
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Northern Wave
Thurso, Caithness-shire.—At 3.10 on the afternoon of the 8th of March, 1957, the Wick coastguard telephoned that the steam trawler Northern Wave was ashore on the west side of Dunnet Bay.
At four o'clock the life-boat...
The Amethyst
JANUARY 10TH. - RAMSGATE, KENT.
At 8.10 in the morning information was received from the pier that a steamer was in danger of grounding in Pegwell Bay, and the motor life-boat Prudential was launched at 8.25. A moderate...
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Evelina
LTTHAM, LANCASHIRE.—The Charles Biggs Life-boat was launched at 12.30 P.M. on the 5th November, in reply to signals of distress shown by the flat Evelina, of Euncorn, bound from Douglas, Isle of Man, to Euncorn with a cargo of railway iron....
Celia's supporting role
A stellar acting career and a passion for the sea unite in Celia Imrie’s latest role – and thoughts of lifeboats are never far away
As someone who regularly takes the ferry journey from...
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Resolutions Passed at the Annual Meeting for 1880
His GRACE THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND, LORD PRIVY SEAL, PRESIDENT OF THE INSTITUTION, IN THE CHAIR.
1.—Moved by the CHAIRMAN :— 1.—That the following Noblemen and Gentlemen be the Officers of the Institution for the current...
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FEBRUARY 17TH . - FILEY, YORK-SHIRE. Flashing lights had been seen at irregular intervals, but no sign of any vessel in need of help was found, although the coxswain took the life-boat in right under the cliffs, and among the sea defences,...
Seahawk
Tynemouth, Northumberland.—At 4.31 in the afternoon of the 6th of August, 1949, the day on which the County Borough Centenary Celebra- tions opened, the South Shields police reported that a sailing yacht had cap- sized off the Trow Rocks,...