LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Ferm
Lytham-St. Annes, Lancashire. — At 5.21 on the afternoon of the 25th of July, 1955, the Formby coastguard tele- phoned that the motor ship Ferm, of Grimstad, Norway, which was out- ward bound, had wirelessed that a member of her crew had...
Jemima Puddleduck
Caister, Norfolk.—At 4.38 on the morning of the 7th of August, 1955, the life-boat motor mechanic saw flares on the North Scroby Sand. At 5.10 the life-boat Jose Neville was launched.
There was a ground swell and a light...
Rosemary II and Betty Sheader
Scarborough, Yorkshire.—During the morning of the 3Gth of December, 1955, information was received from the crews of fishing boats coming in from sea that the wind was freshening and the weather worsening. There were doubts about the safety...
Flylyte
Margate, Kent.—About seven o'clock in the evening of the 7th of August, 1949, the coastguard reported a motor yacht ashore on Margate Sands four and a half miles north-west of the lookout, and the life-boat The Lord Southborough, Civil...
Sunk By Enemy Action
The British oil tanker " Magdapur " broken in two off A'deburgh on 10th September The photograph was taken by the motor mechanic of the life-boat.. - View image in PDF
Category: Photographs
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Galway Bay. At 4 p.m. on i3th November, 1965, the local doctor asked the honorary secretary if the life-boat would take a sick man from the Inishmaan island to the mainland for hospital treatment, as no other suitable boat was available. The...
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Galway Bay. At 5.30 p.m. on i8th February, 1966, the local medical officer of health informed the honorary secretary that he had taken a woman patient from Inishmaan Island to Kilronan in a small fishing boat, but due to weather conditions...
Lucelle
SOUGHT REFUGE New Brighton, Cheshire. At 6.30 a.m. on 6th September, 1964, the coastguard told the honorary secretary that the cabin cruiser Lucelle, with fuel trouble, had taken refuge alongside the Bar lightvessel in rough seas and a...
Christmas Cards and Calendars
A CHOICE of three different Christmas cards is provided by the Institution's selection of subjects this year, and in addition the usual pocket calendar is available.
The bronze medal service by the Coverack life-boat on...
Category: Advertisement
A Yacht
FIVE PEOPLE TREATED FOR EXPOSURE Moelfre, Anglesey. At 10.50 on the night of Sunday the 14th July, 1963, the Mersey Docks Harbour Board informed the coxswain that a French trawler had taken a disabled yacht in tow and asked if the Moelfre...