LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Nellie
BRIXHAM, SOUTH DEVON.—The ketch Nellie, of Littlehampton, bound from Portsmouth for Falmouth in ballast, was seen in the bay riding at anchor and flying her ensign, union down, in her mizen rigging, on the afternoon of the 30th January. The...
Ageroen
CRESSWELL, NORTHUMBERLAND.—A flare was observed by a fisherman at about 4.30 A.M. on the llth January, apparently caused by burning tar-barrels on board a vessel on the rocks at Nabb Point. The weather at the time was foggy, the windwas...
Heroic Women of Boulmer
ON the morning of 24th March, a very cold morning, with a heavy sea running, the Boulmer Life-boat was launched to stand by seven returning fishing boats of Craster, which, owing to the heavy seas breaking right across the Bar, would find it...
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Leto
At 3.25 A.M. on the 22nd April the Coastguard reported that the North Goodwin was firing sig- nals, and shortly afterwards a barque was reported ashore. The Life-boat Charles and Susanna Stephens, in tow of the harbour tug, proceeded to her...
Cape Wrath
On the after noon of the 13th October the Coxswain )f the Life-boat John and Henrietta ibserved a steamer take the ground on ,he Burbo Bank. The sea was rough it the time and appeared to make a ;lean breach over her. The Life-boat- men...
Fishing Cobles (5)
About midday on the 12th May the weather began to look boisterous with a growing sea, and shortly before three of the Spittal cobles had sailed for Goswick Bay. The Honorary Secretary having been apprised of this, he directed the Coxswain of...
Ecclefechan
DUNBAR.—While a moderate. E. gale was blowing, accompanied by a heavy sea and thick weather, on the morning of the 23rd February, intelligence was received that a. large vessel, which was subsequently ascertained to be the fourmasted barque...
Norris
At 8 P.M. on the 25th March it was reported that the Bull Light-vessel was firing rockets, and in response the crew of the Life- boat were assembled, and the boat proceeded to her. On arrival it was found that a collision had occurred be-...
30 Lives Saved
The Italian steamer Monte Neoo$o on the Haisboro* Sands, with the Cromer Motor Life-boat standing by, and on the right a tug (see page 565).. - View image in PDF
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Life-Boat Broadcasts In 1950
THE Life-boat Service was on the air a number of times in 1950, both in broadcasts and in television.
In the spring the B.R.C. gave, in the European Service, a series of six broad- casts, in English and seven or eight other...
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