LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
A Motor Launch (1)
Ramsgate, Kent. — At 1.10 in the afternoon -of the 16th of May, 1948, information was received that a vessel was on the Brake Sands and at 1.28 the motor life-boat Prudential left her moorings. A moderate north-easterly gale was...
Books
Books RMS Queen Mary: 101 questions and answers about the great transatlantic liner By David Ellery, published by Conway ISBN 1844860337 Price: £9.99 (plus p&p) hardback David Ellery's engaging text is structured into bite-sized...
Category: Articles
A Patrol Yacht
NOVEMBER 14TH. - SOUTHEND - ON - SEA, ESSEX. A patrol yacht had been reported in need of help in a gale in a rough sea, but nothing could be found. - Rewards £12 15s. 6d..
Bessie
NEW BRIGHTON.—The chief officer of coastguard at Blundell Sands reported by telegraph that a steam flat was stranded on Seaforth Beach, on the 5th August.
The vessel was also observed from New Brighton. The steam Life-boat...
Letters
In all respects ready for sea I was interested to read the article on survey and maintenance of the offshore fleet in the autumn edition of THE LIFEBOAT. Certainly the work involved in the various surveys is enormous, and it is useful to...
Category: Correspondence
Windrise
Rosslare Harbour, Co. Wexford.—At 8.10 on the morning of the 4th of Nov- ember, 1952, the Department of In- dustry and Commerce in Dublin rang up to report a wireless message received by Tuskar Rock from the Holyhead coast- guard. The...
Thomas and Sons, Martha Jane, Glanmanai & Perseverance
FlSHGUARD, SOUTH WALES. On the 22nd March, at about 7.30 A.M., a signal of distress was shown from a vessel at anchor in the bay, where she had been riding with others during the night. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the N.N.E., at...
The S.S. Achilles
HARWICH and ALDEBURGH.—Signals having been fired by the Cork Lightvessel, the Harwich steam Life-boat Duke of Northumberland, with the reserve Boat in tow, went out at 4 A.M., on the 20th October, proceeded to the Light-ship, and was...
Progress
LLANDUDNO, CARNARVONSHIRE.—At 4 o'clock in the afternoon on the 12th February, a message was received from the Orme's Head Light House that a schooner was displaying signals of distress about three miles off in a northwesterly...
Lilly
On the Tth September, during the afternoon, a small cutter yacht was seen to be in difficulties off Aldeburgh, with seas washing right over her. Without delay the No. 1 Life-boat City of Winchester was launched, and proceeded to the help...