LIFEBOAT MAGAZINE ARCHIVE
Lord Mottistone's Wireless Appeal
ON March llth, through the kindness of the British Broadcasting Corporation, Major-General the Right Hon. Lord Mottistone, P.C., C.B., C.M.G., D.S.O.
(Major-General Seely), coxswain of the Brooke, Isle of Wight,...
Category: Articles
Favourite
WEXFORD,—At 1 P.M., on the 9th May, while a strong wind was blowing in squalis from the N.E. accompanied by a heavy sea, signals of distress were shown from the fishing yawl Favourite, of Wexford, which had stranded on the South side of the...
Contents
Train one, save many Page 6 Getting to the finish line safely Page 15 Lifesaving down under Page 27 Letters and membership Including a helmsman's 'thank you' Feature: From rookie to rescuer The next episode in the crew training...
Category: Contents
ND De Lourdes
About 12.15 P.M.
on the 13th February distress signals were reported from the Princess light- vessel. The No. 1 Life-boat Eliza Harriet was launched and proceeded to the " Shingles," where the ketch ND. de...
Naming Ceremonies and Dedications
Exmouth A WARM SUMMER'S DAY on the South Devon coast, royal visitors and a naming ceremony were guaranteed to bring holidaymakers, local inhabitants and lifeboat supporters to every vantage point in and around the Exmouth docks when...
Category: Inaugurations
Books for Review
Laurence Gilding is to be warmly congratulated on successfully carrying out the tasks he set himself in his new work The Book of Sea Rescue (Frederick Warne, los. 6d.).
He describes the work of ±e life-boat service, of...
Category: Articles
Fishing Boats
On the 21st April the coastguard telephoned that three small fishing boats were sheltering behind the North Pier. A strong S.E. breeze was blowing with a rough sea, and it was raining. As the wind was increasing rapidly, it was decided to...
Gypsy
Hartlepool, Co. Durham.—On the 23rd November, 1938, the steamer Catherine Hawksfield, on passage from the Tyne to Dover, picked up the motor boat Gypsy, sixteen to twenty miles S.E.
of Hartlepool. The Gypsy was towing the...
Life-Boats and Life-Buoys
UNDER the above heading the Board of Trade have issued a Circular, No. 646, July, 1873, which.is to come into action on the 1st January, 1874. It is supple- mentary to the 292nd Section of the Merchant Shipping Act, 1854, which up to the...
Category: Articles
Family rescued
28 April: Anstruther, Fife A family were rescued from a chainwalk after they became cut off by the tide. Anstruther RNLI inshore lifeboat brought the family onboard and transferred them to the safety of the...
Category: Articles