LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
The Sailing Barque Kaskelot (2)
Three lifeboats stand by sailing barque in severe weather Three lifeboats were launched in winds of up to Force 11 when the Jersey registered sailing barque Kaskelot, with 17 people aboard, reported that her anchor would not hold and that...
An Aeroplane (7)
MARCH 3RD. - BERWICK - ON - TWEED, NORTHUMBERLAND, AND EYEMOUTH, AND ST. ABBS, BERWICKSHIRE. About 3.15 in the afternoon men were seen to bale out from an aeroplane which crashed in the sea some two miles off Burnmouth. A light westerly wind...
The Whaley Bridge Branch
The Whaley Bridge branch committee members and their spouses await the arrival of 500 local people who, over the last 12 years, have supported their annual ploughman's lunch held in the barn and grounds of Mrs A Leonard, the branch... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Mon Ami
Clacton-on-Sea, Essex.—On the 25th October, 1939, at 2.45 P.M. the coast- guard reported having received a message from a resident of Holland-on- Sea, that a small rowing boat with three men on board appeared to be in diffi- culties about...
David Cox Joined Wells Lifeboat Crew In 1943 and Was Appointed Coxswain In 1960; He Was Awarded the Thanks of the Institution Inscribed on Vellum In 1964 and 1973 and the Silver Medal In 1979
David Coxjoined Wells lifeboat crew in 1943 and was appointed coxswain in 1960; he was awarded the thanks of the Institution inscribed on vellum in 1964 and 1973 and the silver medal in 1979.
photograph by courtesy of Peter... - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
BALCARY, KIRKCUDBRIGHT. — The NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION has formed a Life-boat establishment at Balcary Point, in Auchencairn Bay, on the coast of Kirkcudbright, which is considered to be an excellent position whence a Life- boat can...
Category: Articles
Additional Stations and New Life-Boats
NEW BRIGHTON, CHESHIRE.—A life-boat station, in connection with the NATIONAL LIFE-BOAT INSTITUTION, has been established at New Brighton, on the south shore of the Mersey, near Liverpool, and a tubular lifeboat, on the plan of the late H....
Category: Articles
The S.S. Tod Head
Informa- tion was received on the 15th April, from the Police at Port St. Mary, through the Coastguard, that a man had reported that a steamer was on the rocks in the Sound and in a dangerous posi- tion. The Motor Life-boat Ethel Day...
A Vessel (19)
JUNE 3RD. - CROMER, NORFOLK. A vessel had been reported ashore on the Haisborough Sands, but she refloated and went on her way. - Rewards, £26 2s..