LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Charities and Charity Law
THERE was a lengthy debate in July ir/thejHouse of Lords on Charities and Charity Law initiated by Lord Beaumont of Whitley. The following are a few excerpts from various speeches which may be useful for guidance and for quotation where...
Category: Articles
Jojephil
At 8.20 p.m. on 2oth July, 1967, a message was received that distress signals had been observed at a position four miles north of Moelfre. The IRB was launched to investigate a report of a cabin cruiser in difficulties. On reaching the...
A Sailboard
Windsurfer saved BRONZE MEDAL IN A SOUTHERLY GALE FORCE 8, gUSting tO severe gale force 9, a windsurfer was in trouble in the sea off Croyde. It was 1257 on Sunday December 1, 1985, when Hartland Coastguard alerted Appledore lifeboat station...
In March the Crew of the Salcombe Life-Boat Visited London As Guests of the Baltic Exchange Who Presented the Boat In 1962
In March the crew of the Salcombe life-boat, The Baltic Exchange, visited London as guests of the Baltic Exchange who presented the boat in 1962.
They were accompanied by their coxswain, Mr. Hubert Distin, and honorary... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
The Use of the Lead
THE great necessity of constantly using the lead or sounding has been recognised from the earliest period in the history of navigation.
In the present day, when so many thousand vessels are engaged in carrying on the...
Category: Articles
Alice Watts and Gladsy
Shortly after 10 A.M. on the llth January, the Coast- guard reported that a vessel off Gorton was dragging her anchors and driving towards the beach. As the position of the vessel was one of considerable danger, the Life-boat Kentwett was...
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Returning from the Sands
The Walmer life-boat and her crew The 'last photograph is by Mr. Bert. Hardy, of Picture Post, and is reproduced by kind permission of that paper. The other photographs are by Mr. George Goldsmith Carter, author of Looming Lights, A True... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mary
On the afternoon of the 21st May the motor boat May Belle got into difficulties oft Littlestone.
Her engine had broken down, and she began to drift. She was making her first trip with her owner and five other men on board....