LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
John and Eliza, and Sarah
HOLTHEAD.—About 10 A.M. on the 3rd January the smack John and Eliza wasobserved in a dangerous position on a lee shore, and surrounded by broken water.
It was at the time blowing a gale from E.S.E. The Life-boat Thomas...
Juno
PENMON, ANGLESEY.—Signals of distress were shown at 11 A.M. on the 7th December by a yawl which was at anchor in Conway Bay during a whole gale from the W.S.W. The Christopher Brown Life-boat pnt off to her assistance, and brought safely...
Hyperion, of Harwich
Dungeness, Kent.—At 1.50 P.M. on the 21st May a local boatman reported a small motor yacht in difficulties. A moderate W.S.W. gale was blowing, with a rough sea. The yacht was the Hyperion, of Harwich. She had been taken in tow by a Dutch...
Mrs J B Ritchie President of Ramsey Branch and Ladies' Guild and Donor of Ramsey's 37Ft Oakley Lifeboat James Ball Ritchie and Port St.Mary's 54Ft Arun the Gough Ritchie Was Awarded Hon
Mrs J. B. Ritchie, president of Ramsey branch and ladies' guild and donor of Ramsey's 37ft Oakley lifeboat James Ball Ritchie and Port St Mary's 54ft Arun The Gough Ritchie, was awarded honorary life governorship of the... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Two Rare Postcards Sen! In By Mr F a Fletcher of East Boldon Tyne and Wear Co-Author of Two Books on Exhibitions Show a Lifeboat on Display at the Imperial Services Exhibition at Earls Court
Two rare postcards sen! in by Mr F. A. Fletcher of East Boldon, Tyne and Wear, co-author of two books on exhibitions, show a lifeboat on display at the Imperial Services Exhibition at Earls Court in 1913. The lifeboat was John and Amy, a... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Ivy
JULY 21ST. - FILEY, YORKSHIRE. At 7.10 P.M. the life-boat coxswain was told by the coastguard that the small outboard motor fishing boat Ivy, with a crew of two, was making signals of distress. A fresh W.S.W.
wind was...
NEW YEAR HONOURS
The following were among those honoured by the Queen in the New Year Honours : Mr. Henry T. Davies, coxswain, Cromer, Norfolk, life-boat.
Mr. Roland Moore, coxswain, Barrow, Lancashire, life-boat.
Mr. Neil...
Category: Awards
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...
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Gourdon, Kincardineshire.—19th January, 1938. Distress signals had been reported to the E.S.E. of Johnshaven, but nothing could be found.—Rewards, £33 2s. 6d..
Books
• The 1981 edition of Reed's Nautical Almanac (Thomas Reed Publications, £7.95) marks the golden jubilee of this popular publication. There cannot be many lifeboats which do not have a copy of Reed's on the chart table and the...
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