LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The S.S. Carricklee
On the 7th De- cember the s.s. Carricklee, of Sunderland, outward bound from Fremington to Sunderland with a cargo of clay, got into difficulties and ran ashore on Middle Ridge. She was carrying a crew of eight, and a dog. The coastguard at...
Flying Mist
On the 3rd De- cember, during a strong gale from S.S.E., and in very thick weather, the steamer Flying Mist brought information from Car- raidale, thirteen miles N.'E. of Campbeltown, N.B., that the barque William Gillies, of Greenock,...
Courrier Du Nord
On the 2nd De- cember, the French brig Courrier du Nord went ashore on the ridge outside St. Ives Pier. She was first seen in the offing at ten o'clock A.M., standing to the westward in a very heavy sea, the wind blowing a strong gale at...
Mary Ann
St. Mary's, Scilly Isles. At ten o'clock on the morning of the 4th of October, 1958, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that a yacht was in difficulties seven miles east of St. Agnes lighthouse. At 10.42 the...
Two Tank Landing Craft
BRONZE MEDAL SERVICE AT ST. DAVID'S APRIL 25TH - 26TH. - ST. DAVID’S, PEMBROKESHIRE. At ten in theevening a message was received from the coastguard, that a tank landing craft was in distress one mile southsouth- east of St. Ann’s Head....
Life-Boat Services In March, April and May. 90 Lives Rescued
DURING March life-boats went out on service 52 times and rescued 48 lives.
TO THE HELP OF BARGES IN THE THAMES Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 9.10 in the morning of the 1st of March, 1949, the look-out at Warden Point reported...
Category: Services
A Dinghy
Man rescued by yacht's dinghy The rescue of a non-swimmer from the River Axe at Westonsuper- Mare has earned yachtsman Mr John Dark a Letter of Thanks from the RNLI's Director, who praised him on 'a highly commendable rescue'...
Awards to Coxswains and Life-Boatmen
To WILLIAM G. SANDERS, on his retirement, after serving for 36J years as Coxswain of the Torbay Life-boat, a Coxswain's Certi- ficate of Service, and a Pension.
To THOMAS HAYES, on his retirement, after serving for 19 J...
Category: Awards
Life-boats at Dunkirk
Nineteen of the Institution’s life-boats helped to bring off men of the British Expeditionary Force and the French Army from the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940. Two of these life-boats, Ramsgate and Margate, were manned by their own crews. They...
Category: Services
Volvo
LIFE.
When you open the door of a Volvo 460 Turbo, you'll notice the extra weight of the built-in crash-bar. It's there in all Volvo doors.
Sink back in your seat, secure in the knowledge that you...
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