LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Fishing Cobles (2)
On the 25th April the local fishing cobles, which had gone to their pots in the early morning, returned during the after- noon. A strong northerly sea was breaking across the bar, and as coming into harbour was highly dangerous, the...
Margaret (1)
RAMSGATE AND BROADSTAIRS.—On the 1st February, at 10.40 p.m., during a fresh breeze from S.E., signals were fired from the Gull Lightship. On the Lifeboat Bradford and steam-tug Vulcan proceeding to her, it was ascertained that a large flare...
Fishing Boats (2)
NORTH SUNDERLAND. — While the fishing-boats were out on the 13th February, the sea became so heavy that the Life-boat Thomas Bewick was launched at 1 P.M., and assisted six of the boats to enter the harbour in safety..
Fear Not
At about 3 P.M. on the 26th August, during a whole W.N.W. gale, the fishing-boat Fear Not, was seen to miss stays and drift towards the rocks. The Life-boat William Sugden was immediately launched, but before she could reach her the...
Fishing Cobles
On the 30th November, whilst four of the fishing cobles were at sea, the wind increased and the sea became very heavy. When the boats were returning it was seen that they were in imminent danger off Newbiggin Point, and the Life-boat Ada...
Life-Boat Exhibition
THROUGH the kindness of the organizers of the annual Shipping, Engineering and Machinery Exhibition, held at Olympia last September, the Institution was given free space for a life-boat exhibit for the fortnight during which the exhibition...
Category: Articles
Midlands District Conference
as yet, been held in the Mid- lands took place in Birmingham on Friday and Saturday, May 13th and 14th, when no fewer than 217 delegates attended from eighty-four branches.
A visit was paid on the first day to Fort Dunlop,...
Category: Meetings
Norok
Cromer, Norfolk.—About six o'clock on the evening of the llth of June, 1953, the coastguard passed on to the coxswain of the No. 1 life-boat Henry Blogg a message he had received from Sheringham that a small motor vessel close to the...
A Meteor Aircraft (1)
Margate, Kent, and Southend-on-Sea, Essex.—At 1.30 on the afternoon of the 21st of January, 1954, the Margate coastguard told the Margate life-boat station that No. 19 Group R.A.F. at Plymouth had reported that a Meteor aircraft had crashed...
Mayflower
On the afternoon of the 25th of November the Dover, Kent, life-boat, while taking part in a television pro- gramme, took in tow the local motor boat Mayflower. Details of the service are given on page 382.—Rewards to the crew, £8...