LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Mary
ST. IVES, CORNWALL.—On the morning of the 20th July, the pilot-cutter Mary, of Bristol, was seen riding in a dangerous position, while a strong gale was blowing from the N. accompanied by a heavy sea.
Every movement of...
Shoreline Member Mr Alan Kahn of Essex
Shoreline member Mr Alan Kahn of Essex thought of calling his all-new Renault 5 Francis because "it's as trim as Clare yet as sturdy as Drake" and won himself the five door version (kindly donated by Renault UK Ltd) as a result... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Portrush, Co. Antrim.—4th October, 1939. Distress signals had been re- ported but nothing could be found.
The life-boat was out for fifteen hours.
—Rewards, £21 165..
Sepoy Rescue Anniversary
The day bells sang out for Blogg's boys Philip Thouless looks back 65 years to when he witnessed one of the finest hours of Cromer lif eboatmen — led by the renowned Coxswain Henry Blogg.
At 0400 on 13 December 1933,...
Category: Articles
The S.S. Ullapool
MARCH 13TH. - NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE. At 8.55 in the evening the Seacombe Ferry Office sent a message that vessel had struck a mine off Seacombe Stage, and at 9.15 the No. 1 motor life-boat William and Kate Johnston was...
An Aeroplane (124)
SEPTEMBER 4TH. - HASTINGS, SUSSEX.
An aeroplane was reported to have come down in the sea, but the life-boat found nothing. - Rewards, £31 2s. 6d..
A Small Raft
APRIL 27TH. - CROMARTY. Two boys had gone adrift on a small raft, but were rescued by two men in a rowing boat.- Rewards, £3 2s. 6d. (See Fortrose, “Services by Shore-boats,” page 73.).
A Vessel (3)
DECEMBER 18TH. - FOWEY, CORNWALL.
A vessel, believed to have been torpedoed, had been reported in distress, but nothing was found. - Rewards, £13 2s. 6d..
A Vessel (34)
OCTOBER 29TH. - BARRA ISLAND, HEBRIDES. A vessel had been reported in distress about ten miles east of Barra Head, but nothing could be found. - Rewards : first launch, £10 13s. ; second launch £21 2s. 6d.
Fleetwing, of Newcastle
At midnight on the 13th, in reply to signals from the Gull Lightship, the Life-boat Samuel Morrison Collins was launched, in a strong breeze at W.S.W., and proceeded under sail to the assistance of the barque Fleetwing, of Newcastle, bound...